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Dave Hartley ⚓ Profile picture
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Oct 21, 2022 • 10 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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Good morning everyone it's Trafalgar Day! It is the 217th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

At 8am morning colours will be raised on HMS Victory followed by the famous 'England Expects' signal from the Battle of Trafalgar!

#TrafalgarDay Thread 🧵
Morning Colours on HMS Victory on Trafalgar Day, with the raising of the White Ensign.

#TrafalgarDay
The famous signal ‘England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty” is raised on board HMS Victory.

The signal was issued to Lt.Pasco by Vice Admiral Nelson the morning of the battle.

#TrafalgarDay
With the construction of the conservation scaffold this year over the midships of HMS Victory it is not fully visible in the video below.

Here is how the signal is read because of these changes, this photograph was taken in 2021.

#TrafalgarDay
The ceremony takes place on the Quarter Deck, with Nelson's Prayer read out by the Second Sea Lord who also lays a wreath on the spot where Nelson fell.

(Now under the scaffold roof, which should avoid the parade getting wet if it rains)

#TrafalgarDay
The current CO of HMS Victory, Second Sea Lord lay wreaths on the Orlop Deck where Nelson died.

#TrafalgarDay
The ceremony is conducted before the ship opens to the public, and the signal stays up throughout the day.

#TrafalgarDay
I will not be doing a shot-by-shot account of the Battle of Trafalgar.

However if you wish to read one please see @kejamieson_ excellent thread below;
Thank you for joining this year's Trafalgar Day thread!

HMS Victory is undergoing a large conservation project, which includes the hull replanking, in our conservation scaffold you're able to see the work up close, see link below;
historicdockyard.co.uk/site-attractio…
For #TrafalgarDay the @NatMuseumRN has put on display letters written by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, some of which have never been displayed before. This exhibition can be seen at @NatMuseumRN at @PHDockyard as well as online too.

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Dave Hartley ⚓ Profile picture
Oct 21
Good morning everyone it's Trafalgar Day! It is the 219th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

At 8am the morning colours are to be raised on HMS Victory followed by the famous 'England Expects' Trafalgar signal. #trafalgarday Image
Morning Colours on HMS Victory on Trafalgar Day, with the raising of the White Ensign.

#trafalgarday
@NatMuseumRN The famous signal ‘England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty” is raised on board HMS Victory.

The signal was issued to Lt.Pasco by Vice Admiral Nelson the morning of the battle.

#trafalgarday
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Dave Hartley ⚓ Profile picture
Oct 21, 2023
On Trafalgar Day whilst the immortal memory of Nelson is rightly in focus, there are stories during the battle that are less told or known.

One of these is of Sir Henry Digby who was in command of HMS Africa during the battle. Sir Henry Digby
Digby after being promoted to Captain in 1796 became well known as being an aggressive prize take, capturing over 50 ships in 20 months, including a Spanish treasure ship.

Prior to Trafalgar he took command of HMS Africa an old 64 gun ship of the line, launched in 1781.
Africa was a poor sailing ship, smaller than most first rate ships of the lines like Victory. Bad weather meant she got separated from the fleet to the north when the two columns formed up.

It's why Africa always looks odd and slightly out of place on the order of battle plans. Image
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Aug 4, 2020
#OTD 60 years ago HMS Vanguard ran aground as she left Portsmouth Harbour for the final time to be scrapped.

Her departure marked the end of the battleship era for the Royal Navy. She had a dramatic exit too with the ship running aground.

A thread of what happened that day;
HMS Vanguard was the last battleship constructed for the Royal Navy, originally planned as a Lion-class battleship.
However in 1939 the class was cancelled and led to redesigned hull reusing turrets built for HMS Glorious and Courageous to be incorporated.
Built at John Brown and Company on the Clydebank, Scotland. Laid down in 1941 and given top priority construction. Delays added to the lengthy construction with lessons learnt from the loss of HMS Prince of Wales.
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