Third, it would bring a decisive concentration on the rear of the Franco-Spanish fleet.

The British took 22 vessels of the Franco-Spanish fleet and lost none.

The Franco-Spanish fleet also had six more ships of the line, and so could more readily combine their fire.

The arrival of a large combined Franco-Spanish fleet in May changed the strategic situation.

The rest of the fleet followed and the Franco-Spanish fleet were heavily defeated.

At 5:45 the van of the Franco-Spanish fleet opened fire.

Nelson formed up his lines and the British began to converge on the distant Franco-Spanish fleet.

The next morning the Franco-Spanish fleet had disappeared.

These were not the only problems faced by the Franco-Spanish fleet.

With the boom broken, and the forts silenced, the Franco-Spanish fleet was lost.