French Trafalgar, British Waterloo (1805-1831)

1805
The virtually complete destruction of the British Fleet in the Battle of Trafalger, due to the fateful shot that killed Admiral Nelson. When he was shot the Victory swung into the path of the next coloumn of ships, sinking several ships, as they could not move quickly enough out of the way. With the North coloumn paralized, the unexperenced gunners of the French/Spanish Fleet were abltr to focus on the Column lead by Admiral Collingwood, who was also killed. In the end, the British, out of