Nelson's Battles in 3D: Trafalgar

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In 1805, Napoleon is planning his move against the Third Coalition of Britain, Russia and Austria. He is determined to finally defeat Britain, and if he can manage to get the French army across the English Channel, his huge and experienced land forces would surely capture the island. Only the formidable British navy stands in his way.

Britain has ‘ruled the waves’ for many years, but now faces the combined forces of France and her ally, Spain. Nevertheless, when the British fleet catches sight of their enemy off Cape Trafalgar, its commander, Admiral Nelson, will not hesitate to engage.

Admiral Nelson is outnumbered, but he has a typically daring plan of attack. The fierce battle that follows will be etched in time - a fateful day for Nelson, but also one that will seal his status as a titan of naval history.

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[EpichistoryTv]

Thank you for watching. As always, let us know your highlight of the series in the comments!

[Drachinifel]

It was a pleasure to help out with this!

[Cobscorfild]

Nelsons second in command, Cuthbert Collingwood would remain at sea for 5 years straight after Trafalgar. The navy badly needed someone of his expertise in the field and so denied his request to return home. He would die of cancer off the Spanish coast without ever seeing his home again. The royal navy really knew how to work its men to the bone!

[ethanclifford]

Shout out to Charles Nove, something about the way he narrates these videos captivates me like nobody else can

[Apollo]

Nelson's coffin was carried into the cathedral by sailors from HMS Victory and covered with the Victory's battle stained ensign. After they laid the coffin down the sailors were supposed to fold up the ensign and lay it on Nelson's coffin. But instead (heedless of the assembled congregation of Royalty, Lords and ladies) they tore it up and stuffed the rags in their pockets in memory of their favourite Admiral.

[MrSteveK]

Epic History expects everyone to do their duty 🇬🇧

[alexreeves]

Fun fact: when the captured ships where being refitted in Britain, the much smaller French guns where set into the paths along the Thames with a British cannon ball on top, turning them into bollards. Some of these are still there to this day, and the look would inform the design of loads of different bollards across the UK through to now.

[butternutmunchkin]

To those who were wondering what happened to the French sharpshooter who shot Nelson, he was most likely killed by 19-year old Midshipman John Pollard of HMS Victory, who picked off four French snipers stationed on the mizzen platform of the Redoubtable. The last French sharpshooter waited for the young British midshipman to begin reloading and then made a sharp dash down the rigging. Pollard shot the Frenchman as the latter reached the lower shroud, sending him crashing onto the Redoubtable's deck.
(Source: The Seafarers: Fighting Sail, 1978).

[bear]

Nelson deserves a new movie made about him. What an absolute leader he was.

[WgglePuppy]

300 iq move from Villeneuve, if there's no fleet to command he can't be replaced!

Edit, i shall use the visibility to say LIKE 👍 the video you filthy animals! We all loved it, help them out!

[TheRealMyrzal]

As a Frenchman, this is painful to watch. As a historian, this is really interesting and well done. As a history nerd, this is addiction.

[dr.johnwhalen]

Wow, what a great ending to Nelson's saga! For those who don't know, Admiral Villeneuve, who was captured, was allowed to attend Nelson's state funeral in London. The entire collection of the battles and campaign's in the Napoleonic Wars is one of the best online. I only hope the one missing segment, the 100 Days with a more detailed Battle of Waterloo is one day completed. Excellent job on this one!

[promputthisri]

31:22 Toby, James, Harry, Charles, and their team sure did more than their duty.

[catoshinakamoto]

“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”

-Horatio Nelson

[AvelinFF]

26:12 - It's always fun seeing Napoleon's scathing criticisms or generous praise to his underlings and enemies. Napoleon's effectively saying that Nelson was built different!

[W.Huynh]

That will be 4:30 AM for me.

Well, 10 alarms in a row it is.

[christopherreed]

The famous painting of Nelson lying on the orlop deck of Victory, surrounded by his staff, shown at 23:49 was the subject of some wry commentary by the Chief Petty Officer, RN (ret) who led us around Victory for the tour I took years ago.
In the painting, a copy of which hangs at the spot where Nelson lay on the orlop deck, the overhead is shown high enough for even Captain Hardy, who was over six feet tall, to stand with his head clear of the crossbeams. The reality on the orlop deck is a little different. Even between the beams, which are massive timbers, only those below average height could think of standing upright. To actually pass under them, all but the children in the group were bent almost double. You could stack two of Victory's orlop decks into the space shown in the painting. But it wouldn't have been anything near as dramatic a work if the artist had kept tp the actual dimensions. Or to the actual color of the timber, which is painted red so the blood wouldn't show up...the orlop deck was the first deck below the water line, and was one of the safest spaces on the ship, so standard practice was to bring the wounded there.

[RedDeadRogue]

Fun fact: When HMS Victory moved behind Bucentaure and raked her, the crew of Victory's 68 pound carronades mounted on the forecastle loaded not only the solid shot (which, as the name suggests, weighed 68 pounds), but also a keg full of 500 musketballs. Thus, when fired, this single shot blasted through the French ship like an enormous shotgun, inflicting almost half the ship's total casualties of the entire battle in a single shot.

[gooner]

What an absolute Legend Horatio Nelson was, and still is, to this Country, it was men like him who made this Country the success that it once was. 🇬🇧✌️

[Teddybiter]

Had to express my admiration of this work of art.
If I could only afford more.