Julien Marie Cosmao-Kerjulien was a French Navy officer, admiral, best remembered for his role in the Battle of Trafalgar.
Portrait of Julien Cosmao by Auguste Mayer
His grave at St Martin cemetery, Brest
The French fleet under Captain Cosmao attacking Diamond Rock. Painting by Auguste Mayer.
Fight of the Romulus
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
Vice admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, by Lemuel Francis Abbott
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, the French admiral