Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Treasure Blog: Letter From Sailor, Battle of Trafalgar

A 205-year-old letter written by a sailmaker on board the HMS Temeraire at the Battle of Trafalgar has been given to the UK National Maritime Museum.

In the letter, the 25-year-old sailmaker, Robert Hope, describes the action of the battle as he saw it from one of Temeraire's gun decks.

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