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The Battle of Trafalgar by John Christian Schetky
#battle of trafalgar#age of sail#art#napoleonic wars#cape trafalgar#john christian schetky#atlantic#royal navy#great britain#england#britain#france#spain#horatio nelson#trafalgar#english#british#french#spanish#europe#european#history#napoleonic#warship#warships#ships#naval warfare#naval battle#sea
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Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's uniform coat worn at Trafalgar in 1805, complete with the hole and damaged epaulette caused by the shot that killed him.
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HMS Victory
#HMS Victory#ship post#the most birthday trip#however big you think it is inside.. it's bigger#the fucking warship#black sails#master and commander#portsmouth historic dockyard#age of sail#tall ship#admiral nelson#battle of trafalgar#own photos
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HMS Victory being towed to Gibraltar with the dead body of Lord Nelson after his historic defeat of Napoleon's navy - 21 October 1805
#Battle of Trafalgar#HMS Victory#Nelson's flagship#Royal Navy#Horatio Nelson#Napoleonic wars#On this day#21 October 1805#British history#heroism#sea battles#naval art#battleships
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Crushing Napoleon's Navy --- Battle of Trafalgar
from History Dose
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I'm in a Battle of Trafalgar mood today, and you know who was at the Battle of Trafalgar? CAPTAIN THOMAS DUNDAS of HMS Naiad, and his loyal lieutenant Henry Le Vesconte!
There are no pictures of Captain (later Admiral Sir Thomas) Dundas online that I'm aware of; you might find a misattributed picture labeled as him. But I do have a c. 1840s daguerreotype of Trafalgar veteran Henry Le Vesconte: the father of Henry Thomas Dundas Le Vesconte from the Franklin Expedition.
This is from the archives of Newfoundland and Labrador, which also has some letters from Captain Thomas Dundas with the Le Vesconte family files, including this one acknowledging his namesake:
Vengeur Spithead 8th August 1813
My Dear Sir,
I have to acknowledge having received both your letters, the first on my return to Portsmouth after leave of absence of fourteen days from the ship.
Permit me to congratulate you and Mrs. Levesconte on so pleasant an addition to the family as a Son and also permit me to express my obligation for the honor conferred on me by naming it Henry Thos. Dundas and I sincerely hope he may prove himself in due time a second Henry. I beg my best regards to all concerned and have taken the liberty to enclose this bit of paper which I beg you will have the goodness to present the Nurse for me.
I remain
My Dear Sir
Your Sincere Friend
Thos Dundas
#henry le vesconte#battle of trafalgar#thomas dundas#henry thomas dundas le vesconte#franklin expedition#royal navy#age of sail#henry td le vesconte#if you think htd looks like his dad you should see his mother#'prove himself in due time a second henry' <3
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Happy Halloween, Age of Sail Tumblr! I hope everyone spent it doing Battle of Trafalgar activities (kissing the homies & getting pickled).
Image on the right found credited to unknown artist on the blog of @ltwilliammowett, the real admiral of Boat Tumblr.
#face reveal???#happy halloween#lord nelson#age of sail#napoleonic wars#maritime history#nautical#maritime#naval history#boat media#battle of trafalgar
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Today, the 21st of October is Trafalgar Day.
On this day in 1805, Vice-admiral Horatio Nelson of the Royal Navy commanded a fleet of British warships to defeat a combined force of French and Spanish vessels off the Cape of Trafalgar in Spain.
Lord Nelson gave his life during the fighting. While commanding his fleet from the quarterdeck of his flagship H.M.S Victory, he was hit by a sniper's bullet and fatally wounded, dying during the battle.
Trafalgar was one of Britain's biggest contributions to the Napoleonic Wars, and was a serious blow to French naval power.
#battle of trafalgar#trafalgar day#trafalgar#lord nelson#horatio nelson#royal navy#napoleonic wars#warship#on this day
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For the (happy?) few in on this, have, on this momentuous anniversary, Emma's Victory dance...
#utter nonsense#if you know you know#or if you remember nelson#a shame the series isn't available anywhere that i know of presently#19th century#battle of trafalgar
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Unknown artist, Portrait of Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros. Oil on canvas, early 19th century. Naval Museum of Madrid. Likely painted after the Battle of Cape Vincent (possibly the Battle of Trafalgar.)
#baltasar hidalgo de cisneros#oil on canvas#portrait#military portrait#naval battle#maritime landscape#battle of trafalgar#battle of cape st vincent#war of the first coalition#armada española
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#OTD in Irish History | 21 October:
1449 – Birth of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, in Dublin Castle at a time when his father, the Duke of York, had begun to challenge Henry VI for the crown. His godfather was James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond. He was the third of the four sons of Richard and Cecily who survived to adulthood. His father died in 1460. In 1461 his elder brother, Edward, became King of England as Edward…
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#irelandinspires#irishhistory#OTD#21 October#Anthony Murphy Photography#Battle of Trafalgar#Co Meath#Gerry Adams#History#History of Ireland#Ireland#Irish History#Irish National Land League#Martin McGuinness#Newgrange#Sinn Fein#Today in Irish History
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The Death of Nelson by William Brassey Hole
#battle of trafalgar#horatio nelson#death#age of sail#art#william brassey hole#marine art#england#great britain#english#british#europe#history#warship#warships#naval battle#naval warfare#sea
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HMS Victory. Approaching the Lines, Trafalgar by Anthony Cowland
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This is an etching about the only known meeting between Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington(At thst time Major-General). Taking place in London, on the 12th of September 1805, only about a month away from Lord Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar. Both were waiting to meet Lord Castlereagh, Nelson about to go on his final voyage from England. Wellington was later asked about his conversation with Lord Nelson, and he confirmed that Lord Nelson mostly talked about himself, and that he would hesitate to even consider it a conversation.
#duke of wellington#18th century#england#arthur wellesley#napoleonic era#british history#napoleonic wars#battle of trafalgar#SoundCloud
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A young Lord Nelson, with both eyes and both arms. A brilliant naval strategist, he quickly rose through the ranks of Britain's Royal Navy.
Lord Nelson as an aspiring young officer, and the uniform he died in.
#Lord Horatio Nelson#Royal Navy#Vice-Admiral#1st Viscount#Battle of Trafalgar#Napoleonic Wars#HMS Victory#uniform#military history#sea battles#1758 - 1805#heroism#UK
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Happy (late) Christmas, I found the Trafalgar sketch
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#it’s the ‘im sure the 30 or 40 grinning sailors won’t breathe a word of it’ that cracks me up#anyways#I love this series#special place for me#first heard an episode airing online wayyyy back during a particularly violent Christmas when I still lived at home#so it was just me and these shitty staticy headphones hiding in the kitchen while the house was on figurative fire#and it made me laugh#ofc I didn’t understand a lot of it - British English is weird especially through those shit headphones#but it was airing online and I remember getting cut with a shard of#piece of glass from a bottle or a glass#but this show is so comfy to me#john finnemore#jfsp#battle of trafalgar#thomas hardy#horatio nelson#kismet#elephants to catch eels came on right after this too lol#can’t find that ANYWHERE not even old recordings!#where’s my sitcom about smugglers!?#Youtube
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