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Duty and Daring in the Heyday of Empire
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Friday, 27 November 2015
Hazards of suppressing the Slave Trade, 1847
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Britain’s legal abolition of her slave trade in 1807 is one of the most admirable actions in her history, making it illegal for British sub...
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Tuesday, 24 November 2015
HMS Quebec off Nordeney: Small Boat Action 1811
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When reading of the Royal Navy’s role in the Napoleonic Wars one is always struck by the dogged determination with which a blockade of the ...
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Friday, 20 November 2015
The Original Nelson’s Column, Portsdown Hill
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Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square has been a landmark in London since it was completed in 1843. It is just under 170 feet tall (including...
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015
The Wit and Wisdom of Admiral “Jacky” Fisher
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Fisher in 1902 - cartoon by "Spy" Few men can have had a greater influence on naval warfare than John Fisher (1841 – 1920), l...
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Friday, 13 November 2015
The Indestructible Admiral Nesbit Willoughby (1777–1849)
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It is only in the last few days, while perusing a publication of mid-19 th Century vintage that I came across a reference to Admiral...
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