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This site documents the construction of the ' San Juan Nepomuceno '. The original ship was a 74-gun Spanish navio (' ship-of-the-line ') that fought against Admiral Nelson's fleet at the legendary Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Sailing as the last of the Franco-Spanish line, she was caught between the British Royal Navy ships Dreadnought , Polyphemus and Prince . Severely damaged and with 250 casualties, she surrendered to Dreadnought and so became one of 18 ships captured by the British that day. After the b