Vice-Admiral Valery Ryazantsev drew Motion attention to systemic faults in the Russian Navy , such as the risky use Using of highly volatile HTP torpedoes known Know to have caused Causation the sinking Motion_directional of .

The Spaniards , under Vice-Admiral Mazarredo , organized Arranging a flotilla of small gunboats converted from yachts .

The British mustered an overwhelming force under Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and Lieutenant-General George Beckwith , who collected Come_together 29 ships and 10,000 men – almost four times the number of French regular forces Hostile_encounter garrisoning Hostile_encounter Martinique .

The ships immediately available for the task were HMS `` Canopus '' , HMS `` Standard '' , HMS `` Thunderer '' , HMS `` Glatton '' , and the two bomb ships HMS `` Lucifer '' and HMS `` Meteor '' , under the command Control of Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , commander-in-chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet , sailed Self_motion for the Dardanelles and made preparations for the upcoming assault Attack .

Departing Departing from Brest on 13 December 1805 , it was 12 days before the Admiralty in London were aware of the French movements , by which time the French squadrons were deep in the Atlantic , one under Vice-Admiral Corentin-Urbain Leissègues intending to cruise Self_motion in the Caribbean and the other , under Contre-Admiral Jean-Baptiste Willaumez , sailing Self_motion for the South Atlantic .