Ships at Trafalgar. Tables F,G and H

Ships at Trafalgar. Tables F,G and H

                                  TABLE F. 
        LIST OF ALLIED FLEET AT TRAFALGAR.
  French Ships.     Number                  Spanish Ships      Number 
                    of Guns.                                   of Guns.
Bucentaure            80                 Santisima Trinidad      140
Formidable            80                 Santa Anna              112
Indomptable           80                 Principe de Asturias    112
Neptune               80                 Rayo                    100
Achille               74                 Neptuno                  80  
Aigle                 74                 Argonauta                80
Algesiras             74                 Bahama                   74
Argonaute             74                 Monarca                  74
Duguay-Trouin         74                 Montanez                 74
Fougueux              74                 San Augustin             74
Heros                 74                 San Francisco de Asis    74
Intrepid              74                 San Ildefonso            74
Mont-Blanc.           74                 San Juan Nepomuceno      74
Pluton                74                 San Justo                74                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Redoutable            74                 San Leandro              64
Scipion               74
Berwick               74
Swiftsure             74

              Also five Frigates and two small Vessels. 
                       				           TABLE G
        PARTICULARS OF TYPICAL SHIPS OF THE LINE AND FRIGATES, 1805.

                                                   120 Gun 74 Gun  36 Gun
                                                    Ship.   Ship.   Frigate.
Length on Lower Deck (feet)     .. ..   . ..        205     176     149
Breadth, extreme (feet) ..      ..      ..           54      48      39.5
Draught (feet) Forward .. e     ..      ..           24.6    20.9    17.6
        Aft     ..      ..      ..      ..           26.6    23.8    19.0
        Mean    ..      ..      ..      ..           25.6    22.3    18.3
Height of Lower Battery from L.W.L.  (feet)           5.5     5.7     6.8
Light Displacement (tons) ..    ..      ..        2,498   1,632     775
Load Displacement (tons) ..     ..      ..        4,665   3,043   1,450
Area of Midship Section (square feet). ..         1,038     731     490
Area of Lower Sails (square feet)       ..       10,395   9,967   7,475
Area of Top Sails (square feet) ..      ..       10,366   9,076   6,533
Area of Topgallant Sails square feet)             3,83G   3,269   2,409
Total Sail Area (square feet) ..        ..       24,597  22,312  16,417
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Weights:Guns, Carriages, &c.    ..      ..          330     178      70
        Powder and Cases        ..      ..           33      21      10
        Projectiles ..  ..      ..      ..          126      80      40
        Spare Stores    ..      ..      ..           40      22      11
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        Total Ordnance  ..      ..      ..          529     301     131
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        Masts, Sails, and Rig   ..      ..          321     261     165
        Boats           ..      ..      ..           10      10       8
        Crew ..    ..   ..      ..      ..          102      65      27
        Provisions ..   ..      ..      ..          296     215      69
        Fuel ..    ..   ..      ..      ..          100      52      32
        Water ..   ..   ..      ..      ..          410     260     110
        Ballast..  ..   ..      ..      ..          373     196     108
        Hull ..    ..   ..      ..      ..        2,524   1,683     800
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        Total Displacement      ..      ..         4,665   3,043   1,450
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                                  TABLE H
          PARTICULARS OF ORDNANCE, 1805

                                                        Range       Recoil
                     Total   Diameter         Powder  with 50deg  on Ship's           .    
  Nature of Gun.     Length  of Shot   Weight Charge  Elevation   Carriage                   
                     ------------------------------------------------------                                          
                     Ft. In.  In.      Cwts.   Lbs.    Yards.       Ft
42 Pdr                9  6    6.7      67      14     1,940         -
32 Pdr                9  6    6.1      55.5    10.5   2,080         11
24 Pdr                9  6    5.6      50.0     8     1,800         11
24 Pdr                6  6    5.6      33.0     6     1,550         10.5
l8 Pdr                9  0    5.1      42.0     6     1,800         -
l2 Pdr                8  6    4.4      34.0     4     1,580         -
 9 Pdr                8  6    4.0      31.5     3     1,620         -
68 Pdr. Carronade     4 ]1    7.9      36.0     5.5   1,280         -
42 Pdr. Carronade     4  4    6.7      22.2     3.5   1,170         -
32 Pdr. Carronade     4  0    6.1      17.1     2.625 1,087         -
24 Pdr. Carronade     3  0    5.6      11.5     2     1,050         -
18 Pdr. Carronade     2  4    5.1       8.5     1.5   1,000         -
l2 Pdr.Carronade      2  2    4.4       5.9     1       870         -
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                      Cwt = Hundredweight = 112 lb.
 

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