| Supercilius Maximus | 21 Oct 2014 3:00 a.m. PST |
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| Hampshire Hog | 21 Oct 2014 4:06 a.m. PST |
The Queen and our men!…..Hic!! |
| olicana | 21 Oct 2014 4:20 a.m. PST |
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 deadhead  | 21 Oct 2014 4:51 a.m. PST |
Immortal Memory……..I've forgotten………I thought Waterloo was fought on 18th June. Was there another battle? and didn't Collingwood, not the chap up the column, actually win the earlier battle, fought in the square just in front of the National Gallery? and you cannot splice the mainbrace till the sun is over the yardarm. |
| Hampshire Hog | 21 Oct 2014 5:12 a.m. PST |
I have got very low yardarms :) |
| nnascati | 21 Oct 2014 5:22 a.m. PST |
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| OldGrenadier at work | 21 Oct 2014 8:05 a.m. PST |
A willing foe, and sea room! |
| deadhead | 21 Oct 2014 9:13 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of an essay set for A level history 40 years ago. (A subject I did not study to that level, but have ever since!). "Nelson contributed more to the downfall of Napoleon, than did Wellington". To this day I still wonder. I think both could have said "It would not have done, had I not been there". But Nelson had able subordinates and a first class service to command. Wellington was…to some degree….in a side show theatre till 1815. But without him could Britain have maintained that army and, so, the will to fight? |
| Mark Barker | 21 Oct 2014 1:28 p.m. PST |
Trafalgar restaged at the Greenwich Maritime Museum today, I'll post pictures when I get the chance. … and the sun is always over the yardarm somewhere in the world: charge your glasses ! Mark Barker
The Inshore Squadron |
Empires at War  | 21 Oct 2014 2:49 p.m. PST |
Nelson was killed early in the battle. It was a Geordie what won it! |
| deadhead | 21 Oct 2014 2:55 p.m. PST |
Way aye and they celebrated him today, up your way, in a gale (local news)……and Pardew got you your first win of the season. What a week on Tyneside…… |
| 14Bore | 21 Oct 2014 3:04 p.m. PST |
After reading Mark Steyn
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I would have been quite disappointed if I didn't see a posting. |
| Tom Bryant | 21 Oct 2014 10:30 p.m. PST |
To Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, The Royal Navy and all the officers and men who have so ably and nobly served her all these years: BRAVO ZULU Well Done! |
