<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 the French Admiral Villeneuve 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 , without a single British vessel being lost . It was the most decisive naval battle of the war . </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 the French Admiral Villeneuve 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 , without a single British vessel being lost . It was the most decisive naval battle of the war . </P>
where was the battle of trafalgar fought quizlet
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in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Spain , just west of Cape Trafalgar , near the town of Los Caños de Meca
in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Spain , just west of Cape Trafalgar , near the town of Los Caños de Meca