Nelson's Trafalgar part 4/6

Fourth part of a documentary about the Battle of Trafalgar.
It is focused on Admiral Horatio Nelson and his career.
Have fun.
No copyright violation intended.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Haratio
• Nelson
• Trafalgar
• Battle
• Sea
• Cadiz
• Villeneuve

[kirkman667]

Just because we ruled half of the world dosent mean you have to be angry about it.

[nolf999]

@helmuthoorn Because then the fleet wouldn't have been destroyed but temporarily inconvenienced. You cant win a war by temporarily inconveniencing the enemy.

[j3parrots]

Napoleon was a great commander on land (Im sure he would appreciate my expert deductions there) but seemed to care or understand less about the importance of naval power, also many of the French admirals where unexperienced having replaced all the ones who had recently had their heads cut off, being aristocrats compared with the royal navy where people like Nelson had been at sea since the age of 11

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@helmuthoorn A time of honor, a time of explorations and wonders. Now it has all faded away into history. 

[helmuthoorn]

@TheIcelandicPatriot

I'm Dutch.

We know about these things.

And there once was a time that these things made us the scurge of the seven seas.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@helmuthoorn O offcorse fireships! I nearly forgot they existed lolz :)

Yes that could work :)

[helmuthoorn]

@TheIcelandicPatriot

Wait for a stiff breeze blowing from the sea.

They will never be able to set sail and meet the British at a short enough distance to open fire.

Or , even better, wait for a dark and foggy night..

If the harbour of VCadiz would not be suitable to block off in such a manner, Nelson could also have waited for a stiff inland breeze and then set loose about 30 fireships upon them.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@helmuthoorn Aye that is possible but in order to block the harbor they had to get near it no? Then the french and spanish ships would be able to open fire upon the british. 

[helmuthoorn]

@TheIcelandicPatriot

It would amount to the same thing and even more; an enemy harbour would be out of action for the duration of the war and ,most probably, even until mankind had developed the technical skills to clear up this mess. Which would take at least 120 years.

Cadiz would never be a harbour city again and the enemy fleet would rot away in port.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

@helmuthoorn Thats not a bad plan but Nelson had orders to destroy it. Not traping it.

[AntonioCarloDiCanio]

@mattyreynolds1990 I knew that too. I just don't like delusional morons who render a sense of achievement by clutching to the coattails of people to whom he shares no affiliation.

[mattyreynolds1990]

@AntonioCarloDiCanio Don't think he was taking responsibility. But agree otherwise