Collingwood Anchor Decision — After Trafalgar

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A post-battle gale. Not a prize ledger and not a likeness.

Overview

The decision is already on Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography. After the Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview he made for Gibraltar rather than anchor — Nelson’s last quarterdeck order — and the choice has been argued ever since. Only four of seventeen captured ships of the line reached Gibraltar in British hands.¹

The Decision

This note covers that Gibraltar-rather-than-anchor decision only. Prize-court money, a later verdict, and a station table stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Storm After Trafalgar — 24–29 October 1805 already used the gale. HMS Euryalus — Frigate already used the flag-shift and the Royal Sovereign tow. Spoken lines stay on the Collingwood note and the source card, not here. Do not invent a verdict from this page.²

Sources

• @hughes1957collingwood
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• @white2005nelson
• Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography

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Same Subject

• Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography
• Storm After Trafalgar — 24–29 October 1805
• HMS Euryalus — Frigate
• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview

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Footnotes

1. Made for Gibraltar rather than anchor; Nelson’s last quarterdeck order; argued ever since; only four of seventeen captured ships of the line reached Gibraltar in British hands: Collingwood Cuthbert — Biography. ↩

2. Gale stays on Storm After Trafalgar — 24–29 October 1805. Flag-shift stays on HMS Euryalus — Frigate. Do not invent prize-court money, a later verdict, or a station table. Do not recopy a spoken line. ↩