''Redoutable'' | A map of the positioning of the two Navies during the Battle of Trafalgar. Note the ''Redoutable'' dead-center in the Franco-Spanish navy. |
Marc Tanguy, Saint-Malo's marksman, another ancestor was one of the survivors of the French 74-gun ship Redoutable at Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
He reached Bantry Bay, where the Redoutable accidentally collided with the Résolue, destroying her bowsprit, foremast, mainmast and mizzen.