Today is the 200th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar. The British government has made a big production of it. I find this revolting, for two reasons
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Re: Don't mince words.fpbJune 28 2005, 17:12:27 UTC
Well, war at sea has never been other than nasty, nastier even than war on land. It is an unforgiving environment. But these two, between them, just about sum up everything bad that naval commanders can be.
Does Britain really have no more presentable naval hero than them? My sympathies were always with Sir John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, who shaped the navy for Nelson (and him too, to large extent), unpleasant bastard as he was, mainly because his fight with Naval Board bureaucracy :)
The problem with British naval heroes is that there are too many of them and they tend to run for generations...
(British) were superior to the French in both armament and skills (for instance, British naval gunners could fire their cannon at a much faster rate than French ones)Famous three to two salvos rate
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My sympathies were always with Sir John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, who shaped the navy for Nelson (and him too, to large extent), unpleasant bastard as he was, mainly because his fight with Naval Board bureaucracy :)
The problem with British naval heroes is that there are too many of them and they tend to run for generations...
(British) were superior to the French in both armament and skills (for instance, British naval gunners could fire their cannon at a much faster rate than French ones)Famous three to two salvos rate ( ... )
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