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England Contents The Trafalgar Roll This information has been compiled from a long list of the awards made to the seamen who fought in the various Royal Navy ships under the Command of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. British Ships at Trafalgar The names of some 1640 officers and men who served in the various ships of the Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar are ...

It was the year of 1805, the year when it seemed that at long last Napoleon would invade England, which, for twelve years, had stood in the path of the Grand Armee's complete domination of Europe. It was the year when, in the face of all the evidence to the contrary, Napoleon had suddenly convinced himself that his united fleet could annihilate any squadron which the English could put to sea to ...

The Coalition Wars n 1793 Russia joined a European coalition against revolutionary France, and Admiral Chichagov's Baltic Fleet was ordered to the Danish coast. Chichagov detached nine ships of the line and three frigates under Admiral Alexander Kruse for a two-week expedition to the North Sea. From 1795-1797 Vice-Admiral Pyotr Kha-nykov's squadron operated in conjunction with the British in the ...

Admiral Lord Duncan Hero of Camperdown August 1997 Local History Section He was made a freeman of the principal Crafts on 8th January 1798, and the Minute of Council for 26th October 1797, contains the following entry:~ The Council unanimously resolve to present Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan with a piece of plate value One Hundred Guineas, with a suitable inscription, as a mark of their esteem ...