MOC Geography and Places
The physical world that shaped every battle, trade route, and empire.
Subdomains
- Ports_Harbours_Index — Portsmouth, Toulon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Naples and all major naval ports
- Battlefields_Sites_Index — Cape Trafalgar, the Nile delta, Copenhagen roads, and all major sites
- Sea_Lanes_Straits_Index — Gibraltar Strait, English Channel, Mediterranean passages, trade routes
- Cities_Regions_Index — London, Paris, Naples, Lisbon, Malta and strategically important cities
- Climate_Weather_Index — weather patterns, seasonal windows, storms and their effect on operations
Key Notes
Battlefields — Age of Sail
- Cape Trafalgar — Geography
- Aboukir Bay — Egypt — Nile 1798
- Cape St Vincent — Geography — 14 February 1797 location only
- Cape Finisterre — Geography — 22 July 1805 location only
- Genoa and the Hyères Islands — 1795 — Hardy 1795 actions only
- Lighthouse of Cape Trafalgar — 19th century only; overflow
- Cape Trafalgar — Tarif al-Gharb — Arabic name only; overflow
Ports — Age of Sail
- Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port — first filled port note
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife — Spanish Port — shore of the night assault, 24 July 1797
- Cartagena — Spanish Naval Port — Córdova sailed 1 February 1797
- Brest — Intended 1805 Junction — Villeneuve went south instead of on to Brest
- Vigo and Coruña — Villeneuve Put-Ins 1805 — put-ins only; overflow
- Rochefort and Ferrol — Calder Taken Off 1805 — taking-off only; overflow
Sea Lanes — Age of Sail
- Strait of Gibraltar — Strategic Waterway — first filled strait note
- Tagus — Jervis Withdrawal 1796 — November 1796 withdrawal only; overflow
Climate — Age of Sail
- Storm After Trafalgar — 24–29 October 1805 — first filled weather note
- Finisterre Fog — 22 July 1805 — fog delay only; overflow
- Calvi Lion Sun — Half Sick — lion sun / 2000 half sick only; overflow
- Cape St Vincent Squalls — 14 February 1797 — squalls only; overflow
Cities — Age of Sail
- Copenhagen — Denmark — first filled city note; 1801 only
- Greenwich Hospital — Royal Hospital for Seamen — Hardy Governor from 1834
- Burnham Thorpe — Norfolk Village — Nelson born 29 September 1758
- Kingston Russell House — Dorset — Hardy born 5 April 1769
- Hôtel de la Patrie — Rennes — Villeneuve death-place, April 1806
- Port Mahon — Menorca — Collingwood death-place, 7 March 1810
- Valensole — Provence — Villeneuve born 31 December 1763
- Corsica — Evacuated November 1796 — Jervis withdrew to the Tagus
- Boulogne — 1805 Invasion Camp — army waited then marched east
- Morlaix — 18 April 1806 — Villeneuve repatriation
- Madrid — Rosily 18 October 1805 — Rosily at Madrid with relief orders
- Bishop’s Waltham — Hampshire Parole Town — parole-place only; overflow
- Malta — Missed 1798 — miss-place only; overflow
- Newcastle upon Tyne — Collingwood Birthplace — birthplace only; overflow
- Anatolia — Fruitless Sweep 1798 — sweep only; overflow
- Wealden Forest — Timber Source — Victory oak source credit only; overflow
- Halifax — Hardy Marriage 1807 — marriage-place only; overflow