Trafalgar
Spanish cape battle
Trafalgar refers to a cape on the southwestern coast of Spain, famous as the site of an 1805 naval battle where the British fleet under Admiral Nelson defeated the combined French and Spanish fleets, establishing British naval supremacy for a century.
The name appears most often in Trafalgar Square, the central London plaza commemorating the victory: We met at Trafalgar Square by the lion statues.
English family name
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- 1805Early nineteenth century
- NapoleonFrench emperor, military genius
- VilleneuveHistoric Quebec settlement
British · French · Spanish · fleet · column · naval · engagement · Hardy
Rhombus with right angles
- LondonEngland's capital city
- columnVertical structural element
- lionsLarge African wild felines
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
Nelson · statue · fountains · plinth · pedestal · landmark · tribute · commemoration
Armored naval capital vessel
- warshipArmed naval vessel
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- fleetVehicles under unified command
naval · displacement · armor · guns · hull · commissioned · decommissioned
Nelson
English family name
Villeneuve · British · French · Spanish · fleet · column · naval · engagement · Hardy · signal
square
Rhombus with right angles
monument · Nelson · statue · fountains · plinth · pedestal · landmark · tribute · commemoration · National Gallery
battleship
Armored naval capital vessel
fleet · naval · displacement · armor · guns · hull · commissioned · decommissioned
Victory
Name for celebrated vessels
- British BattlesHastings, Waterloo, Agincourt, Blenheim, Bosworth
- Historic BattlefieldsYorktown, Concord, Brandywine, Bunker Hill, Saratoga
- Naval BattlesMidway, Jutland, Salamis, Coral Sea, Chesapeake
- British historyWilliam the Conqueror, Victorian era, Elizabethan era, English Civil War, Tudor era
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- BattlesAntietam, Leipzig, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Bunker Hill
- Trafalgar SquareLondon's central public square
- Battle of Trafalgar1805 sea engagement off Spain