HMS Belleisle (1795)
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Lion was a Téméraire class 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the French Navy, which later served in the Royal Navy. She was named Lion on 23 April 1790 and built at Rochefort from August 1791 until June 1794. She was renamed Marat on 28 September 1793 and then Formidable on 25 May 1795, with the changing fortunes of the French Revolution.
HMS Belleisle after the Battle of Trafalgar
Belleisle, fifteen minutes past noon at Trafalgar
The dismasted Belleisle later on in the battle
French ship Neptune (1803)
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Neptune was a Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Built during the last years of the French Revolutionary Wars she was launched at the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars. Her brief career with the French included several major battles, though she spent the last 12 years of her life under the Spanish flag.
Named Vessels at the Battle of Trafalgar, William Lionel Wyllie. Leftmost ship in the foreground is Neptune, shown alongside the French Redoutable
Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805, by William Anderson
The pell mell battle, depicted by J. M. W. Turner, (1806-1808)