Trafalgar Cemetery, Gibraltar. Contains the graves of 2 men from the Battle of Trafalgar, other sea battles, victims of yellow fever
The plaque has an abbreviated version of the message from Collingwood on the death of Nelson, this is the full , at Sea, October 22 Sir, Yesterday a Battle was fought by His Majesty’s Fleet, with the combined Fleets of Spain and France, and a victory gained, which will stand recorded as one of the most brilliant and decisive that ever distinguished the British Navy. The Enemy’s Fleet sailed from Cadiz, on the 19th, in the Morning, Thirty Three sail of the line in number, for the purpose of giving Battle to the British Squadron of Twenty Seven, and yesterday at Eleven the contest began, close in with the Shoals of Trafalgar. At Five Seventeen of the Enemy had surrendered, and one (L’Achille) burnt, amongst which is the Sta. Ana, the Spanish Admiral Don D’Alava mortally wounded, and the Santissima Trinidad. The French Admiral Villeneuve is now a prisoner on board the Mars; I believe Three Admirals are captured. Our loss has been great in Men; but what is irreparable, and the cause of Universal Lamentation, is the death of the Noble Commander in Chief, who died in the Arms of Victory; I have not yet any reports from the Ships, but I have heard that Captains Duff and Cooke fell in the Action. I have to congratulate you upon the Great Even, and have the Honor to be, &c., &c. C. Collingwood
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Location: Trafalgar Cemetery, Gibraltar, GX11 1AA
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