<Ul> <Li> Diamond Rock </Li> <Li> Cape Finisterre </Li> <Li> 10 August 1805 </Li> <Li> Trafalgar </Li> <Li> Cape Ortegal </Li> </Ul> <Li> 10 August 1805 </Li> <P> The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition (August--December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1796--1815). </P> <P> Twenty - seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory defeated thirty - three French and Spanish ships of the line under French Admiral Villeneuve . The battle took place in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Spain, just west of Cape Trafalgar, near the town of Los Caños de Meca . The Franco - Spanish fleet lost twenty - two ships and the British lost none . </P>

Where did the battle of trafalgar actually take place