Today is the 216th. anniversary of Nelsons victory at Trafalgar, and his death after being fatally wounded in the closing stages of the battle...Probably the greatest Naval victory in our history...Interestingly the combined fire power of all the armies at Waterloo was only 7% of the firepower of the British fleet...Ian

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Ian, if only you could have been there....:blush:

No thanks...It was a great historical event but as is often the case most of those involved were just ordinary men paying the price for a breakdown of politics...Nevertheless, a notable moment in our history...Ian

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Happy Trafalgar day one and all...being a pompey boy born and bred it's always been an honour to be associated with the Victory and its presence still looms large over our fair city.....as does Southwick house,which we're all familiar with, on the outskirts of Portsea island!!..these are just small parts of the rich British military history on our doorstep!....glad to live here...( and,no I dont work for the Portsmouth tourist board!😂)...huzzah!!...." England expects.."....good shout ian!!...

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I've only visited 'Victory' with the modern Norton...This was 1989...I was a twenty-something and the bike was a teenager.:grinning:

I have been privileged to attend trafalgar night dinner at Greenwich-on more than one occasion , my wife sat next to an empty seat on the top table , and each course was served and glasses filled with no one in the chair , the commander sitting next to her explained this would continue throughout the dinner as that place at the table was Nelsons, and the table’s were laden with silverware, what a night what a privilege

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I've liked the Turner painting of HMS Temeraire since I saw a print as a kid. Only comparatively recently have I found out a bit about the ship.