After manoeuvring all morning on 21 October 1805, the battle off Cape Trafalgar began at noon when the Fougueux opened fire on H.M.S. Royal Sovereign leading the lee division of the fleet. Lord Nelson, aboard Victory, was leading the weather division and very quickly engaged Redoubtable in order to achieve his objective of breaking the enemy's line of battle in two places. Soon Victory was also raking the Santissima Trinidad, the great 136-gun Spanish four-decker and the largest warship in the world. She appears on the extreme left of the picture, with Victory between her and the French Redoubtable; to the right of the scene, Bucentaure (Villeneuve's flagship) is under fire from H.M.S. Leviathan bringing the rest of the weather line into action. At about 1.15 p.m. Nelson was mortally wounded and at 1.45 p.m. Bucentaure struck her colours; Santissima Trinidad surrendered shortly afterwards and, by then, the battle was won.