On 16 September, Napoleon gave orders for the French and Spanish ships at Cádiz to put to sea at the first favourable opportunity, join with seven Spanish ships-of-the-line then at Cartagena, go to Naples and land the soldiers they carried to reinforce his troops there, then fight decisively if they met a numerically inferior British fleet.
Reference 1: British and Franco-Spanish.
Reference 2: First rates, Second rates, Third rates, Total ships of the line and Other ships.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar
Reference 2: First rates, Second rates, Third rates, Total ships of the line and Other ships.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar
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