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Bligh
10-21-2019, 12:38
Portsmouth honours Royal Navy's 'greatest hero' Admiral Lord Nelson on Trafalgar Day.

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For full report see here:-

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/portsmouth-honours-royal-navy-s-greatest-hero-admiral-lord-nelson-on-trafalgar-day-1-9114717

Ferrante
10-21-2019, 12:49
I hope you all had a nice day

:salute:

TexaS
10-22-2019, 04:01
It's great they have a historical uniform and all, but that's the 1812 model. I would have preferred them using the 1795 model that was used at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Bligh
10-22-2019, 04:06
I agree Jonas.
I'm sure that they must have some re-enactor they could have called upon to do the correct thing.
Rob.

TexaS
10-22-2019, 04:16
If they had asked me I'd been there definitely! :happy:

Bligh
10-22-2019, 07:06
If they had asked you Jonas, I would have been there with you too my boy, and I dare say a goodly number of other British shipmates too.
Rob.

Naharaht
10-22-2019, 14:29
A belated Happy Trafalgar Day to you all.:salute:

(The picture of the postage stamp I am currently using as my avatar shows the 1795 Admiral's uniform.)

TexaS
10-23-2019, 01:36
Indeed it does. It's a captain's uniform in the picture at the top though.
My avatar shows a bastardisation of my 1795 captains uniform to emulate admiral for a LARP. You can see that on the mariners cuff on the sleeves. I do also have the coat and hat of a rear admiral's undress uniform, though.

The biggest differens between the two avatars beeing that I've outgrown my uniform...