Being as I have some Scot and Irish blood, I am wont to denigrate the Sassenach because...well, just because, I suppose. But the Royal Navy was never a slouch, and today marks the 208th anniversary of England's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
England lost no ships but a sharpshooter during the battle fatally wounded the brilliant Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson, having done his duty as his pre-battle message to the ships of his fleet spelled out, died later in the day. The link has some others to several more pieces about Nelson and the battle itself.
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