The memorandum shows that Nelson originally contemplated a formation in three lines, an advanced division to windward, a main division under his personal command, and a lee division under his second-in-command, Collingwood. The final grouping of the ships in the battle was in two divisions. In the following list of the British fleet the names of ships are arranged in the same order in which they appear in Collingwood's dispatch, written after the action:-- WINDWARD LINE. Ships. Guns. Commanders. _Victory_ 100 {Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson. {Captain Hardy. _Téméraire_ 98 " Harvey. _Neptune_ 98 " Fremantle. _Leviathan_ 74 " Bayntun. _Conqueror_ 74 " Pellew. _Britannia_ 100 {Rear-Admiral Lord Northesk. {Captain Bullen. _Agamemnon_ 64 " Sir E. Berry. _Ajax_ 64 Lieutenant Pilfold. _Orion_ 74 Captain Codrington. _Minotaur_ 74 " Mansfield. _Spartiate_ 74 " Sir F. Laforey. _Africa_ 64 " Digby. LEEWARD LINE. Ships. Guns. Commanders. _Royal Sovereign_ 100 {Vice-Admiral Collingwood. {Captain Rotherham. _Belleisle_ 74 " Hargood. _Mars_ 74 " Duff. _Tonnant_ 80 " Tyler. _Bellerophon_ 74 " Cooke. _Colossus_ 74 " Morris. _Achille_ 74 " King. _Dreadnought_ 98 " Conn. _Polyphemus_ 64 " Redmill. _Revenge_ 74 " Moorsom. _Swiftsure_ 74 " Rutherford. _Defiance_ 74 " Durham. _Thunderer_ 74 Lieutenant Stockham. _Defence_ 74 Captain Hope. _Prince_ 98 " Grindall. Besides one frigate of 38 guns, three of 36, and two brigs of 12 and 8 guns. This was the fleet that lay off Cape Sta. Maria, some fifty miles from Cadiz, on Saturday, 19 October, 1805, and received from the frigates watching the port the message, passed on by connecting ships, that the enemy was at last coming out.