 Situated halfway down Collingwood's division, Conn struggled to reach the action, only getting there around the time Nelson was mortally wounded in the northern division.Making up for the delay, "Dreadnought" tangled with the , rescuing the battered , killing the Spanish captain Cosmé Damián Churruca and forcing his ship to surrender.Charging on from this victory, the "Dreadnought" engaged the Spanish flagship , mortally wounding the Spanish admiral Gravina, but being unable to defeat the enemy, which succeeded in escaping back to Cadiz.