21st October 2005 is the Bicentenary – the 200th anniversary – of the Battle of Trafalgar.
On that day in 1805, a fleet of 27 British ships of the line, under the command of Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, met and fought a combined French and Spanish fleet of 33 ships off the coast of South-West Spain, near the port of Cadiz.
The result was an overwhelming British victory: 19 of the Combined Fleet’s ships were captured or sunk on the day. Over 7,000 French or Spanish sailors were killed or wounded.
Losses on the British side numbered some 700; but among them was Nelson himself. Arguably the Navy’s greatest hero, whose tactics and leadership had brought the glorious victory that cemented British mastery of the seas for the next 100 years, Nelson had been shot as he paced the quarterdeck of his flagship, HMS Victory, early in the battle by a sniper from the rigging of the French ship, Redoubtable.
Such was Nelson’s fame at the time, created by his dashing victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, that rejoicing in Britain at the news of Trafalgar came to be overshadowed by sadness at his death. Since then, ‘Trafalgar’ and ‘Nelson’ have become largely inseparable.
So, 2005 is an opportunity to celebrate the life of Nelson, the achievements of the Royal Navy at Trafalgar, and more broadly Britain’s historic and continuing relationship with the sea.
트라팔가 해전 200주년 기념 행사 - The 2005 Edinburgh Military Tattoo
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