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The Fighting Temeraire: Chapter 8
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:19:34
Publish Date: 2017-08-04 03:29:52
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This chapter in my book takes us up to a fascinating period in the life of HMS Temeraire, the ship immortalised in Turner's painting The Fighting Temeraire. The aftermath of the Battle of Trafalgar of 1805 is not well known. From May 1809-August 1811 HMS Temeraire served in the Baltic as part an an enormous British naval fleet sent to police that crucial sea and to interfere with Napoleon's plans to dominate Europe....
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