 The mayor of Penzance taking part in the re-enactment of the announcement of the death of Nelson from the Union Hotel. Trafalgar 200 were a series of events in 2005 held mostly in the United Kingdom to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, where a Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral Nelson (who died in the battle) destroyed a joint Franco-Spanish fleet during the Napoleonic Wars. During the summer of 2005 there was the International Fleet Review, the first since 1977. Dinners and other commemorations focus on Trafalgar Day 21 October at HMS Victory, Trafalgar Square (T Square 200) and other locations. In an apparent effort to avoid giving offence to anybody, at the Fleet Review the fleets in the mock battle were called simply "Red" and "Blue". This originates from the military map convention in which enemy positions are marked in red, and friendly (or allied) positions in blue. The phrase "blue on blue" refers to an attack on ones' own forces in a "friendly fire" encounter. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3072x2304, 2232 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Trafalgar 200 Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to...
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Penzances old docks with Abbey Slip and St Marys Church behind Penzance (Cornish: Pensans) is a civil parish and port town in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland First French Empire, Spain Commanders The Viscount Nelson †Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve Strength 27 ships of the line France: 18 ships of the line Spain: 15 ships of the line Casualties 449 killed 1,214 wounded Total: 1,673 4,480...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...
Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...
Combatants Allies: • Great Britain/United Kingdom, • Prussia, • Austria, • Sweden, • Russia, • and Others • France • Denmark-Norway • Poland Casualties Full list The Napoleonic Wars consisted of a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ...
The International Fleet review The Carriers assembled at the Review. ...
Trafalgar Day, 21 October, was widely commemorated by parades, dinners and other events throughout much of the British Empire in the 19th and early 20th century as a celebration of the victory won by Admiral Horatio Nelsons British fleet over the combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle...
October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ...
HMS Victory is a 104-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765. ...
Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...
T Square 200 was the name given to the son et lumière event, held in Trafalgar Square on Sunday, October 23, 2005, to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. ...
Friendly fire (non-hostile fire) is United States military parlance for fire from friendly forces as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces known as enemy fire. A friendly fire incident refers to a military situation where forces or material assets of one side are attacked and damaged in error...
Friendly fire (fratricide or non-hostile fire) is a term originally adopted by the United States military in reference to an attack on friendly forces by other friendly forces, which may be deliberate (e. ...
International Fleet Review The Trafalgar 200 celebrations were perhaps most remembered for the Review of the International Fleet by Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II. Planning this event was an enormous task, much enabled through the use of space age technology. An example of this technology was the contribution of HMS Westminster which is fitted with the world's leading charting system. Admiral Sir Alan West, then First Sea Lord, is pictured here with the official chart of anchorages for the International Fleet Review. Image File history File linksMetadata WY2T0771_map_small. ...
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Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB, DSC (born 1948) was the First Sea Lord, the professional head of the Royal Navy, 2002-2006. ...
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