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Naval History mainly looks at the Royal Navy from 1790 to 1805 Dyslexic Blogger in the most land lock part of UK. Area of interest: Naval Signaling

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"Ship’s Company of H.M.S. Surprise" ©️Geoff Hunt
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A picture that I know you can hear!
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"The Final Approach, Trafalgar" ©️Geoff Hunt
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"She's hull up on the horizon"
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Surprise (28) at sea under a pyramid of canvas.
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Just wow Victory's signal log from 1804. I'm holding Victory's signal log book from 1804 🤩
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"The Yellow Admiral" Jack Aubrey is in command of Bellona (74) as part of the inshore squadron blockading the port of Brest. An officer looks on from deck as the cutter departs. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"HMS Victory" ©️Patrick O'Brien (Not that one!)
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Trafalgar - The Final Approach ©️ Geoff Hunt
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Surprise (28), Off Calcutta ©️ Geoff Hunt
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Personal note from the Cabin:- Just wanted to extend a massive thank you to everyone who follows my random maritime history tweets. Still a work in progress but it helped prop my confidence just a little and wanted to say thank you Shipmates.
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"fire a shot across her bows and signal her heave to, Mr Pullings away cutter!"
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"HMS Victory" ©️Henry J. Morgan
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Pyramid of canvas. ©️XAVIER LEOTY
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"Heave to or I'll fire into you!"
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"Surprise at Sea"
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"The Ionian Mission" ©️Geoff Hunt
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Geoff Hunt:- "Heavyweight Punch" Battle of Trafalgar 1805 Seen here Victory (100 guns), followed by Temeraire (98 guns), and Neptune (98 guns)
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"Victory races Temeraire for the Enemy Line, Trafalgar, 21st October 1805" Nelson's was heard to shout 'I'll thank you, Captain Harvey, to take your proper station" ©️Geoff Hunt
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⚠️ Graphic Picture ⚠️ That's an awful lot of under water damage.
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"Master And Commander" Jack Aubrey stood on his quarter deck onboard his first command, 14 gun brig-sloop "Sophie". ©️Geoff Hunt
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Surprise heading out from Malta. ©️Geoff Hunt
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I wonder if there's a ship yard capable of building a traditional wooden man of war?
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Victory (104) races Temeraire (98) for the Enemy Line, Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 " 'I'll thank you, Captain Harvey, to take your proper station" - Lord Nelson ©️Geoff Hunt
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Swedish East Indiaman - The Götheborg of Sweden
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Cross section cut away of a Seventy Four.
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"Final Voyage of HMS Victory." The battered and jury rigged Victory is towed up channel by HMS Warrior carrying Nelson's body home. ©️Donald MacLeod
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"Captain Aubrey's Commands" ©️Geoff Hunt
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Royal Sovereign (100) emerging from her refit and lying in the Hamoaze, Plymouth Sound, 1805 shortly before heading to join Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar. ©️Stuart Bolton
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Amazing photograph of HMS Foudroyant 1892 after being saved from a German shipbreakers after a public outrage of her sale.
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"England Expects" ©️Geoff Hunt #TrafalgarDay
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Just imagine what's gone past these stern windows over the centuries.
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She will look glorious once she has her masts and rigging returned. One day!
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"The first journey of Victory, 1778" ©️William Wyllie
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Vanguard (74) In heavy weather Off Toulon 19th May 1798. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"Pyramid of canvas"
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"HMS Surprise - Captured French ship, rated Fifth-Rate" ©️ Geoff Hunt
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HMS Queen (110) The last purely sailing-built battleship to be ordered by the Royal Navy. ©️Thomas G. Dutton
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A flying Frigate under a press of canvas.
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"Victory races Temeraire for the enemy line" ©️ Geoff Hunt
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So with the cost of missiles being used in the Red Sea, how long till we see the "Pom Pom" return 😂
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"HMS Agamemnon (64)" Nelson was given a Commodore’s pennant in March 1796, making ‘Agamemnon’ his first flagship. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"Onwards till morning"
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"Hermione at Sea"
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In my head *How I want to look at a dinner party.*
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"Between two Fires - The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798" ©️Geoff Hunt
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"The Ionian Mission" ©️Geoff Hunt
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"The Hundred Days" Leading her squadron Surprise (28) is wearing a commodores broad pennant at her main is cleared for night action. ©️Geoff Hunt
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Surprise at sea back in 2009. ©️Mark Aldrich
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"Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1802" ©️ Geoff Hunt
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Tonight's film.
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Me looking at the upcoming week ahead, after the week I've had!
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Let be honest is £1700 a lot for a complete 1800 century Captain Undress uniform?
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Victory's 1737 original stern gallery. Just amazing. ©️National Maritime Museum
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Stern Gallery of Implacable (74)
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"Calm Sea" ©️Montague Dawson
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"On deck there!"
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"The Main Yard of HMS 'Victory' Being Crossed" ©️William Wyllie
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Trusty (50) in English Harbour, Antigua Trusty takes on stores, while to the right a sloop is careened for attention. 50 gun ships were too small for the line of battle but filled a niche as overseas and flotilla flagships. ©️Geoff Hunt
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Tallship Phoenix is still for sale for a cool £525,000 she not a 74 but still looks amazing!
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Lovely Lovely. Gothenburg at Sea, replica of a Swedish East Indiamen.
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"The Yellow Admiral" Bellona (74) as part of the inshore squadron blockading the port of Brest. An officer looks on from the deck as one of the ships cutter departs. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"Agamemnon" ©️David C. Bell
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"Out-Numbered" British squadron closing in on USS President, 15th January 1815 ©️Geoff Hunt
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How I'd like to spend my Saturday evening. #TheCabin
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Britannia (120) at anchor. Flying the red ensign and a command flag for a full Admiral of Red Squadron at her main. ©️ John Wood Deane
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"Post Captain" ©️Geoff Hunt
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Sutherland (74) Last Battle - From the CS Foster Hornblower series. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"HMS Victory" Here can be seen Captains coming board the flagship,with one climbing the ships side. ©️Geoff Hunt
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Geoff Hunt:- Treason's Harbour On a quiet evening, HMS Surprise lies at anchor in Grand Harbour, Malta (Another favourite)
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"Santisima Trinidad" Santisima Trinidad was armed with 136 guns across 4 gun decks and the Spanish flagship at the battle of Trafalgar. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"Frigates in Torbay" ©️Derek Gardner
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"She Hull up over the horizon Sir!"
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Constitution (44) vs Java (38) ©️Patrick O’Brien (no not that one)
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"A British Man of War before the Rock of Gibraltar" ©️Thomas Whitcombe
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Rude not to pay my respects.
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Victory seen here undergoing one of her early refits after being dry docked.
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"HMS Victory in dry dock 1922" Seen here in her original condition after being taken into dry dock. Later refits would see her returned to how she looked in 1805. ©️W L Wyllie
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HMS Beagle ©️ GeoffHunt
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The Achilles Of 60 Guns along with other vessels at anchor. ©️John Groves
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H.M.S. Surprise, Off Calcutta ©️ GeoffHunt
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"Cape St Vincent, 1797" ©️Geoff Hunt
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"Indefatigable" off the Citadel, Plymouth ©️Derek Gardner
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HMS Beagle hove to off the Galapagos. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"Treason's Harbour" On a quiet evening, the 28 gun Frigate Surprise lies at anchor in Grand Harbour, Malta. ©️ Geoff Hunt #personalfavorite
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"Victory" at anchor in Portsmouths.
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HMS Guerriere (38) engaged with USS Constitution (44) 19th August 1812. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"The Fighting Temeraire" Seen here being towed to her last Berth to be broken up, 1838" ©️J. M. W. Turner
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Implacable (74)
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Apparently, all men have a favourite ship of the line. Spill it, gents ⚓️👀
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Remember the French have this spectacular replica sailing Frigate. I don't think our own replica seventy four is to much to ask for. #ProjectSeventyFour ©️USNI News
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"Victory" 1862 ©️Henry J. Morgan
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"The Reverse of the Medal" ©️Geoff Hunt
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"HMS Goliath (74)" ©️Derek Gardner
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Superb (74) followed by Powerful and Donegal, with the frigates Acastra and Amethyst in the Atlantic, January 1806 ©️Derek Gardner
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Queen Charlotte (100) off Berry Head. ©️John Christian
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"The Unknown Shore" Wager (28) originally built and saw service with the East India Company before being purchased by the Royal Navy in 1739. Wrecked off Chile in 1741. ©️Geoff Hunt
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"The Trafalgar Storm" Mars (74) standing by the dismasted Royal Sovereign (100) ©️Geoff Hunt
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Found some more photographs of Implacable (74) I don't think I've seen before.
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"Chasing Prize-Money" "A resolute figure in a blue coat, hat athwart, stares fixedly into the morning light following every move of his prey." ©️Geoff Hunt
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