Entries from The Caird Library Blog tagged with 'Trafalgar'
October's Item of the Month: Robert Hope's Trafalgar Letter
In 1805 Robert Hope, a member of the sailmakers' crew of HMS Temeraire, wrote to his brother to recount his recent involvement in the Battle of Trafalgar. Recently acquired by the National Maritime Museum after 205 years in private hands, October's...
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Posted by Richard on October 20, 2010 3:15 PM
This week's archive journey session
On 21 October 1805 the British Royal Navy clashed with French and Spanish ships at the Battle of Trafalgar. To coincide with a series of events across the Museum, this week's archive journey session is Life in Nelson's Navy. The...
Posted by Richard on October 20, 2010 3:15 PM
Billy Ruffian, 'Bravest of the Brave', 1786 - 1836: Her story told from the records at the NMM
HMS Bellerophon, known affectionately by her illiterate crew as Billy Ruffian,endured the Napoleonic and French Revolutionary Wars. She was the first vessel to engage the enemy at the battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794, and was also waiting...
Posted by Richard on June 15, 2010 2:23 PM
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