Friday, July 01, 2005

Nelson's Fleet

Because of the bicentennial of the battle of Trafalgar the British archives have put a site where you can search for all the who were at the battle of Trafalgar with the Royal Navy. This database is derived from pay records.

See also the thread where I found this on soc.history.what-if, whisch ended up as an agruement between equating Britian with England.

their birth places
Of the 17,000 men
12173 came from Britian of which

6987 were born in England
3579 were born in Ireland
1154 were born in Scotland
462 were born in Wales


361 from America, thus preserving the 10 to 1 between Canada and the Yanks
123 from the West Indies
30 from Canada, of whom 20 from Newfoundland
5 from Bermuda
5 from assorted western hemisphere
524 from the western Hemisphere

115 from Italy
78 from Sweden
73 from Germany, excluding Prussia
63 from Holland
56 from Portugal
54 from Prussia
53 from France
32 from Denmark
25 from Norway
24 from Spain
8 from Russia
8 from Gibraltar
589 from Eupoe as a hold

20 from India, all with British names
17 from Africa

Their Ranks
4245 Landsman,
3785 Ordinary Seaman
3474 Able Seaman
11504

apoximately 5000 petty officers and special trades

of the Officers
446 Midshipman
171 Lieutetent
30 Captain
86 other officers
773 all Officers

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