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At that time, Britain's navy was supreme. Actually, from the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, the Royal Navy was the most powerful navy in the world, until Britain's economy, messed up thoroughly by the WW2 and by socialist policies, could no longer justify it.

While Napoleon had a navy, and it was not a minor threat to Britain, it was also never a serious threat. At Trafalgar, Nelson was numerically inferior, but in terms of quality of command, experience, and ship condition they were greatly superior. Nelson died at Trafalgar, but of his 33 ships he lost none, whereas the combined French/Spanish fleet lost 22 of 41 ships. The French tried to do something about the blockade, and that was ultimately what Trafalgar was all about, but "Britannia rules the waves."