showing 125 results for “battle of trafalgar”
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Nelson, Navy, Nation gallery
Explore the life of Horatio Nelson, and follow the story of the Royal Navy and Britain from 1688-1815
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Character Encounters at the National Maritime Museum
Visit the National Maritime Museum every Saturday to discover a different character from history with their own fascinating story to tell
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A relic from Trafalgar sold at auction: the Dobbie connection
What does a recent auction of a piece of a flag flown on HMS Victory have in common with this recently catalogued Dobbie collection?
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Salons in the Queen's House: From Turner’s tars to Chinese nannies
In this free lunchtime talk, curator Dr Aaron Jaffer will discuss an ambitious project searching for images of Black and Asian people in the Museum's collections
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Lieutenant’s logs: Records of Royal Naval voyages 1673-1809
Here in the Caird Library and Archive we are often asked about Royal Naval records relating either to specific individuals, events or ships. Most of the surviving records generated by the Navy during its long history are held by the National Archives at Kew. One set of records we hold on deposit here at Greenwich however are logs written by Royal Naval Lieutenants during the period of 1673-1809.
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Salons in the Queen's House: Victory at all costs
In this free lunchtime talk, curator Fern Aldous will explore the economics and logistics that went into maintaining the Royal Navy’s ‘wooden walls’
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Nelson's Ship in a Bottle
See Yinka Shonibare's replica of Nelson's HMS Victory - one of the most photographed artworks in London