Trafalgar

Historical dates, participants and the broad sequence come from the sources below. Ship positions, headings, continuous tracks, smoke and timing are authored for explanation. This is a schematic replay, not a physics simulation or a measured navigational reconstruction.

Dimensional ship models illustrate generic vessel types; the coloured pennants are fleet keys rather than historical flags. Named ships identify selected participants. Numbered formation markers represent the wider fleet; they do not constitute a complete order of battle. Ships are enlarged for legibility. Coast and shoal shapes are illustrative, not navigational charts. Weapon sectors explain mounting geometry, not verified range or firing clearance. Each encounter uses selected source-linked combat episodes. Animated rounds, impact locations, fire onset and replay intervals are illustrative; they do not form a shot-by-shot log. Timber debris, armour sparks, shell bursts, reported ship fires and documented catastrophes use different treatments. Fleet-level accounts do not establish individual hits. No encounter calculates ship damage. Wind direction is illustrative; steam encounters omit it.

Replay progress is divided into five teaching chapters, without claiming exact historical times. A × Sunk marker records a source-backed loss after an authored replay threshold. It does not identify an exact sinking minute or a fatal animated shot. Captures are labelled separately; unnamed formation markers have no assigned fate. The atlas does not calculate alternative outcomes. Use the linked sources to investigate further and compare accounts.