On the eve of the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, here’s a 10 minute film from the the National Museum of the Royal Navy on the new (old) paint scheme being applied to HMS Victory as part of a massive overhaul of Nelson’s magnificent flagship. Andrew Baines, Head of Historic Ships at the National Museum of the Royal Navy and Project Director said “The really key point for us is that this is not what HMS Victory might have looked like – this is what she looked like, this is what Nel

Sailors from the Royal and German Navy stood side by side on the flight deck of HMS Duncan to remember and pay their respects to thousands of men that lost their lives one hundred years ago (31st May) in the Battle of Jutland. | Royal Navy

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The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during World War I. The battle unfolded in extensive manoeuvring and three main engagements from 31 May to 1 June 1916, off the North Sea coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle and only full-scale clash of battleships of the war, and the outcome ensured that the Royal