Re: Flags on HMS Victory at Trafalgar -- NAVAL WARFARE IN THE AGE OF SAIL 1650-1815

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Date Posted: 09:36:20 05/04/09 Mon
Author: Albert Parker (Update)
Subject: Re: Flags on HMS Victory at Trafalgar
In reply to: Albert Parker 's message, "Re: Flags on HMS Victory at Trafalgar" on 19:56:41 05/02/09 Sat

I happened to be perusing some other pages in Wilson and saw a note (p. 31) that on October 10, 1805, Nelson had ordered that in action all ships under his command were to display a Union Jack from the foretopgallant stay as an additional recognition device. That would make the full set of flags on Victory at Trafalgar, apart from signal flags, as follows:
(1) Union Jack on the staff on the bowsprit
(2) Union Jack on the foretopgallant stay
(3) Command flag of the White Squadron (“England”) from the fore peak
(4) White ensign from a halyard at the spanker gaff
And no commissioning pennant from the main peak

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Replies:

Re: Thanks, any idea on sizes of flags/ sails -- Lynn, 04:34:17 05/08/09 Fri
- Re: Thanks, any idea on sizes of flags/ sails -- Albert Parker, 11:18:46 05/08/09 Fri
  - Re: Thanks, any idea on sizes of flags/ sails -- Cy, 01:16:59 05/09/09 Sat
    - Thanks once again -- Lynn, 04:46:22 05/11/09 Mon
      - HBMS Victory—Sails at Trafalgar -- Albert Parker, 09:45:19 05/11/09 Mon
        Re: HBMS Victory—Sails at Trafalgar -- Albert Parker (Correction), 20:03:14 05/12/09 Tue
        Re: HBMS Victory—Sails at Trafalgar -- Mark Barker, 13:07:22 11/08/09 Sun
- empolyment -- Naeem Talib, 18:56:43 09/19/09 Sat

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>I happened to be perusing some other pages in Wilson >and saw a note (p. 31) that on October 10, 1805, >Nelson had ordered that in action all ships under his >command were to display a Union Jack from the >foretopgallant stay as an additional recognition >device. That would make the full set of flags on ><I>Victory</I> at Trafalgar, apart from signal flags, >as follows: >(1) Union Jack on the staff on the bowsprit >(2) Union Jack on the foretopgallant stay >(3) Command flag of the White Squadron (“England”) >from the fore peak >(4) White ensign from a halyard at the spanker gaff >And no commissioning pennant from the main peak

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