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Naval art prints by leading naval artists from around the world. Maritime art prints including the naval battles of Trafalgar and the Glorious 1st June available from the naval art company.

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The Titanic by Chris Woods.

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Open edition print. £13.00

The Titanic by Chris Woods.

Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £13.00

ITEM CODE NTR0080

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Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Item Price : £300

Stemming the Tide, Straussberg, East of Berlin, 19th April 1945 by David Pentland. (P)

Stemming the Tide, Straussberg, East of Berlin, 19th April 1945 by David Pentland. (P)

Item Price : £460

The Queen Mary by Chris Woods.

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The Queen Mary by Chris Woods.

Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £13.00

ITEM CODE NTR0081

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Operation Nimrod, 5th May 1980 by David Pentland. (B)

Operation Nimrod, 5th May 1980 by David Pentland. (B)

Item Price : £140

Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman.

Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman.

Item Price : £15

Swordfish Over the QE2 by Chris Woods.

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Swordfish Over the QE2 by Chris Woods.

Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £13.00

ITEM CODE NTR0082

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Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Item Price : £80

Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Item Price : £80

Britannia & Escort by Chris Woods.

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Britannia & Escort by Chris Woods.

Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £13.00

ITEM CODE NTR0083

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SAS Regiment Print Pack

SAS Regiment Print Pack

Item Price : £80

Me262 Jet Fighter Print Pack.

Me262 Jet Fighter Print Pack.

Item Price : £950

The Victorys Approach - Trafalgar 1805 by Barry Price.

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Signed limited edition of 1805 prints. £43.00

The Victorys Approach - Trafalgar 1805 by Barry Price.

Signed limited edition of 1805 prints. Image size 13.5 inches x 18 inches (34cm x 46cm). Price £43.00

ITEM CODE LEX0016

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Heer Grenadiers - Operation Citadel, July 1943 by Chris Collingwood.

Heer Grenadiers - Operation Citadel, July 1943 by Chris Collingwood.

Item Price : £150

Phantom Fury by Robert Taylor.

Phantom Fury by Robert Taylor.

Item Price : £200

HMS Victory Entering Portsmouth Harbour for the Last Time on 4th December 1812 by Bill Bishop.

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Limited edition of 1500 prints. £90.00

HMS Victory Entering Portsmouth Harbour for the Last Time on 4th December 1812 by Bill Bishop.

The keel of HMS Victory was laid at Chatham, 23rd July 1759, she was launched 7th May 1765. Her battle honours are Ushant 1781, St. Vincent 1805, she was placed in her present berth at Portsmouth on the 12th January 1922.

Limited edition of 1500 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £90.00

ITEM CODE DHM0538

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Phantom Fury by Robert Taylor.

Phantom Fury by Robert Taylor.

Item Price : £200

Tribute to Hermann Graf by Graeme Lothian. (APB)

Tribute to Hermann Graf by Graeme Lothian. (APB)

Item Price : £150

HMS Victory About to Break the Line by Bill Bishop.

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HMS Victory About to Break the Line by Bill Bishop.

HMS Victory leading her division is just altering course to starboard in order to pass under the stern of Bucentaure flagship of Admiral Villeneuve, to rake her and break the line during the battle of Trafalgar.

Limited edition of 1500 prints. Image size 19 inches x 9 inches (48cm x 23cm). Price £90.00

ITEM CODE DHM0537

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Four Avro Lancaster Prints.

Four Avro Lancaster Prints.

Item Price : £150

Mill in the Mist by Gerald Coulson.

Mill in the Mist by Gerald Coulson.

Item Price : £16

Battle of Trafalgar by Thomas Whitcombe.

Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 17 inches (76cm x 43cm). Price £51.00


Open edition print. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £10.92

ITEM CODE DHM0398

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Me262 Jet Fighter Print Pack.

Me262 Jet Fighter Print Pack.

Item Price : £950

Blenheim Mk.IVF of No.68 Sqn by Ivan Berryman.

Blenheim Mk.IVF of No.68 Sqn by Ivan Berryman.

Item Price : £80

Neptune Engaged at the Battle of Trafalgar by F Sartorious.

HMS Neptune is shown attacking the 130 gun Spanish ship Santisima Trinidad, and pounds it relentlessly into a floating wreck. All ships in the painting from left to right : Victory, Redoutable, Temeraire, Fogeux, Santissima Trinidad and Neptune are battling in the foreground, Bucentaure, Conqueror, Royal Sovereign and Santa Anna.

Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 19 inches (76cm x 48cm). Price £51.00


Open edition print. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Image size 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30cm x 20cm). Price £10.92

ITEM CODE DHM0399

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Royal Navy Battleship Print  Pack

Royal Navy Battleship Print Pack

Item Price : £84

Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (APB)

Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (APB)

Item Price : £350

The Battle of Trafalgar by William Stuart.

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Open edition print. £43.00

The Battle of Trafalgar by William Stuart.

Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £43.00

ITEM CODE DHM0941

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Blenheim Mk.IVF of No.68 Sqn by Ivan Berryman.

Blenheim Mk.IVF of No.68 Sqn by Ivan Berryman.

Item Price : £80

SAS Regiment Print Pack

SAS Regiment Print Pack

Item Price : £80

Battle of the Copeland Islands by David Pentland.

USCS Ranger captained by John Paul Jones attacks and defeats HMS Drake of the Copeland Islands at the mouth of Belfast Lough. This was the first battle of the newly formed American Continental Navy.

Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 20 inches x 15 inches (51cm x 38cm). Price £95.00


Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm). Price £180.00


Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00

ITEM CODE DP0005

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Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (APC)

Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (APC)

Item Price : £350

Me-110 Aircraft Prints by Nicolas Trudgian.

Me-110 Aircraft Prints by Nicolas Trudgian.

Item Price : £230

HMS Hood Opens Fire, May 24th, 1941 by Marii Chernev.

a tribute by artist Marii Chernev, to the men of the Royal Navys most famous ship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood and all the Royal Navy veterans who fought in the cold waters of the North Atlantic during World War II. Of a crew of over 1500 able bodied seamen, only three survived the thunderous blast as the German battleship Bismarcks fifth salvo found the lightly protected magazine of the Hood. Over 100 tons of powder exploded in a spectacular fireball that split the pride of the Royal Navy in two.

Signed limited edition of 300 prints, also signed by Ted Briggs. Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 41cm). Price £175.00


Limited edition of 30 artist proofs. Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 41cm). Price £225.00


Limited edition of 10 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £

ITEM CODE DHM1259

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Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Item Price : £300

Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (APB)

Bismarck - The Final Voyage by Anthony Saunders. (APB)

Item Price : £350

HMS Victory engages the combined fleet of Cape Trafalgar by Robert Burke.

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Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. £80.00

HMS Victory engages the combined fleet of Cape Trafalgar by Robert Burke.

Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 28 inches x 17 inches (71cm x 43cm). Price £80.00

ITEM CODE DHM1298

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Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman.

Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman.

Item Price : £15

Lt William J Dixie Sloan by Ivan Berryman. (P)

Lt William J Dixie Sloan by Ivan Berryman. (P)

Item Price : £800

Victory at Portsmouth 1805 by Ken Hammond.

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Signed limited edition of 850 prints. £80.00

Victory at Portsmouth 1805 by Ken Hammond.

After Nelsons Atlantic chase of the French and Spanish fleets and just prior to the Battle of Trafalgar, Victory was at Spithead between 18th August and 15th September 1805.

Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 17 inches x 23 inches (43cm x 58cm). Price £80.00

ITEM CODE KHAM0002

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Sacrifice at Mirbat, Dhofar, Oman, 19th July 1972 by David Pentland. (APB)

Sacrifice at Mirbat, Dhofar, Oman, 19th July 1972 by David Pentland. (APB)

Item Price : £175

Dawn Till Dusk by Richard Taylor.

Dawn Till Dusk by Richard Taylor.

Item Price : £110

Hove to Off The Needles by Roger Desoutter.

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Hove to Off The Needles by Roger Desoutter.

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Open edition print. Image size 26 inches x 20 inches (66cm x 51cm). Price £

ITEM CODE FAR0427

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Messerschmitt Bf.110G4b/R3 by Ivan Berryman.

Messerschmitt Bf.110G4b/R3 by Ivan Berryman.

Item Price : £15

Oberleutnant Erich Lowenhardt by Ivan Berryman.

Oberleutnant Erich Lowenhardt by Ivan Berryman.

Item Price : £135

Appledore by Moonlight by Roger Desoutter.

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Open edition print. £16.00

Appledore by Moonlight by Roger Desoutter.

Open edition print. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £42.00


Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £16.00

ITEM CODE FAR0461

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Sacrifice at Mirbat, Dhofar, Oman, 19th July 1972 by David Pentland. (APB)

Sacrifice at Mirbat, Dhofar, Oman, 19th July 1972 by David Pentland. (APB)

Item Price : £175

The Duel - Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna at Monaco, 1992 by Ivan Berryman. (B)

The Duel - Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna at Monaco, 1992 by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Item Price : £56

 

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Signed Limited Edition Art Print
The Victorys Approach - Trafalgar 1805 by Barry Price.

Signed limited edition of 1805 prints.

Order code LEX16. 

Image size 13.5" x 18" (34cm x 46cm)

Print price £34.

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HMS Victory Entering Portsmouth Harbour for the Last Time on 4th December 1812 by Bill Bishop

The keel of HMS Victory was laid at Chatham, 23rd July 1759, she was launched 7th May 1765. Her battle honours are Ushant 1781, St. Vincent 1805, she was placed in her present berth at Portsmouth on the 12th January 1922.

Print serial number DHM538. Special edition of 1,500 prints (360 copies remaining).

 Image size 25" x 17".

 Print price £80 ($145).

 

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HMS Victory About to Break the Line by Bill Bishop

HMS Victory leading her division is just altering course to starboard in order to pass under the stern of Bucentaure flagship of Admiral Villeneuve, to rake her and break the line during the battle of Trafalgar.

Print serial number DHM537. Special edition of 1,500 prints (700 copies remaining). 

Image size 19" x 9" (plus text and drawing 3").

Print price £80 ($145). 

The British fleet were. HMS Victory, HMS Britannia, Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Minotaur, Spartiate, Agamemnon, Afirca, Royal Soveriegn, Prince of Wales, Dreadnaught, Tonnant, Mars,Polyphemus Belle Isle, Bellerophon, Colossus, Defiance,  Achilles, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defence, Thunderer,

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Battle of Trafalgar by T Whitcombe

Available in two sizes:

Print serial number DHM398. 

Image size 30" x 17". Print price £42 ($75).

Smaller image serial number VAR331. 

Image size 12" x 7". Print price £12 ($22 ). 

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Neptune Engaged at the Battle of Trafalgar by F Sartorious

Print serial number DHM399.

 Image size 30" x 19". Print price £42 ($75).

Smaller image serial number VAR393. 

Image size 11.5" x 8". 

Print price £12 ($22).

 

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The Battle of Trafalgar by William Stuart

Print serial number DHM941. 

Image size 25" x 15". 

Print price £34 ($60).

 

 

  

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Battle of the Copeland Islands by David Pentland

USCS Ranger captained by John Paul Jones attacks and defeats HMS  Drake of the Copeland Islands at the mouth of Belfast Lough. This was the first battle of the newly formed American Continental Navy.

Signed limited edition of 500 prints - image size 20" x15",  price £80 ($145) and 

50 artist proofs - image size 25" x16", price £140 ($250). Order code DP5.

50 Giclee canvas prints, 30" x 20" price £420 ($760). Order  code GDP5.  Each canvas print comes with a signed certificate of authenticity. To know more about Giclee prints and our range click here.  

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HMS Hood Opens Fire, May 24th, 1941 by Marii Chernev

Limited edition of 300 prints signed by Marii Chernev and Ted Briggs, the sole surviving crew member of the HMS Hood.

Print serial number DHM1259. Image Size 27" x 16".  Print price £130 ($180)

30 artist proofs, price £170 ($230)

10 Giclee Canvas prints. Size 24" x 36". Price £800 ($1300.)

(Prices include import duty into Europe. But is deducted for US and Canadian Customers as prints are shipped direct from our US Warehouse) 

 

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Signed Limited Edition Art Print

HMS Victory engages the combined fleet of Cape Trafalgar by Robert Burke.

Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 28" x 17" plus text (as shown below)  

Order Code DHM1298.  

Price £80 ($145).

 

Text for above print :

At dawn on the 21st, the 33 ships of the combined fleets of France and Spain were sighted by the British fleet along the horizon heading in a ragged column in the general direction of Gibraltar, having left Cadiz harbour the previous day.  Having abandoned an invasion of England that summer, Napoleon's strategy was to have his fleet sail to Naples to land troops to guard his southern flank while he attacked Austria.  The English fleet, under the command of Admiral Nelson, had been stalking the enemy fleet for some time and were now in position to bring it to battle.  Sailing in his flagship, HMS Victory, Nelson's strategy was to attack the middle and rear of the enemy fleet, piercing their line and enveloping them with superior numbers and gunpowder - the "pell-mell battle" his revolutionary doctrine called upon to achieve total victory.  Nelson, dividing his force of 27 ships into two columns, led the attack on the enemy's center while the other division, commanded by Admiral Collingwood, flying his flag in HMS Royal Sovereign, concentrated their attack on the rear.  The column's approach - perpendicular to the Combined Fleet's line of battle- left them exposed to sustained enemy fire for some time before being able to bring their own broadsides to bear.  Soon after 12 noon, ranging fire from the combined fleet began to find its mark, and more concentrated salvos were beginning to take their toll on the British columns, leaving the lead ships with pockmarked sails and masts, shredded rigging, and mounting casualties.  Despite this withering fire, the British fleet pressed on, Nelson secure in the knowledge that the superior seamanship and gunnery of the Royal Navy would be decisive.  The first of the British columns to break the enemy line was Collingwood's - Royal Sovereign opening fire with a devastating broadside into the Spanish Santa Ana.  She was followed by other ships in her division, most notably the Belleisle and Mars.  Shortly after 1pm, Victory broke through the Franco-Spanish line, smashing the French flagship Bucentaure - under the command of Admiral Pierre Villeneuve - at point blank range with her port 68 pounder carronade followed by her treble shotted broadside guns.  Victory soon collided with the French ship Redoutable, commanded by the fiery captain Lucas, the best trained ship in the combined fleet.  The ships were soon locked together in a fight to the death.  It was at this moment of heavy fighting that Nelson was mortally wounded, shot from a sniper high up in Redoutable's mizentop.  The battle had now developed into a general melee, white smoke obscuring the ships with flashes of yellow flame cutting through the din of roaring cannon, crackling musketry and shrieks of the wounded, adding to a most hellish spectacle.  As the action wore on, the superiority of the Royal Navy in shiphandling and rate of fire were winning the day as more and more ships of the French and Spanish fleet struck their colours.  By 4:30pm the gunfire had subsided, with the British winning the most decisive victory in the age of fighting sail with 18 of the combined fleet's vessels in it's possession.  Not a single British ship was lost.  The victory was not without its tragedies; Nelson, upon hearing of a great victory, died of his wounds.  For Britain, victory at Trafalgar ensured her security from invasion and dominance of the seas for the next century.

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Victory at Portsmouth 1805 by Ken Hammond

After Nelsons Atlantic chase of the French and Spanish fleets and just prior to the Battle of Trafalgar, Victory was at Spithead between 18th August and 15th September 1805.

Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Print serial number KH2. 

Image size 17" x 23".

Print price £80 ($145).

Printed on 300gsm acid free art paper.

 

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Hove to Off The Needles by Roger Desoutter

Print serial number FAR427. 

Image size 26" x 20". 

Print price £34 ($60)

 

 

 

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Appledore by Moonlight by Roger Desoutter

Print serial number FAR461. 

Image size 30" x 20". 

Print price £34 ($60).

 

The battle of Trafalgar took place at the Cape of Trafalgar, 80 KM west of Cadiz,  British Victory over the French and Spanish Navy's, with  the British losses being the Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson who was killed in the action, and some 1596 Officers and Men, killed or wounded. The French and Spanish losses were  much higher with  both the French Rear Admiral Charles Magon and the Spanish Admiral Don Frederico Gravina killed, plus some  2,600 officers and men killed or wounded and a total of 4,400 captured.
Text for above print :

At dawn on the 21st, the 33 ships of the combined fleets of France and Spain were sighted by the British fleet along the horizon heading in a ragged column in the general direction of Gibraltar, having left Cadiz harbour the previous day.  Having abandoned an invasion of England that summer, Napoleon's strategy was to have his fleet sail to Naples to land troops to guard his southern flank while he attacked Austria.  The English fleet, under the command of Admiral Nelson, had been stalking the enemy fleet for some time and were now in position to bring it to battle.  Sailing in his flagship, HMS Victory, Nelson's strategy was to attack the middle and rear of the enemy fleet, piercing their line and enveloping them with superior numbers and gunpowder - the "pell-mell battle" his revolutionary doctrine called upon to achieve total victory.  Nelson, dividing his force of 27 ships into two columns, led the attack on the enemy's center while the other division, commanded by Admiral Collingwood, flying his flag in HMS Royal Sovereign, concentrated their attack on the rear.  The column's approach - perpendicular to the Combined Fleet's line of battle- left them exposed to sustained enemy fire for some time before being able to bring their own broadsides to bear.  Soon after 12 noon, ranging fire from the combined fleet began to find its mark, and more concentrated salvos were beginning to take their toll on the British columns, leaving the lead ships with pockmarked sails and masts, shredded rigging, and mounting casualties.  Despite this withering fire, the British fleet pressed on, Nelson secure in the knowledge that the superior seamanship and gunnery of the Royal Navy would be decisive.  The first of the British columns to break the enemy line was Collingwood's - Royal Sovereign opening fire with a devastating broadside into the Spanish Santa Ana.  She was followed by other ships in her division, most notably the Belleisle and Mars.  Shortly after 1pm, Victory broke through the Franco-Spanish line, smashing the French flagship Bucentaure - under the command of Admiral Pierre Villeneuve - at point blank range with her port 68 pounder carronade followed by her treble shotted broadside guns.  Victory soon collided with the French ship Redoutable, commanded by the fiery captain Lucas, the best trained ship in the combined fleet.  The ships were soon locked together in a fight to the death.  It was at this moment of heavy fighting that Nelson was mortally wounded, shot from a sniper high up in Redoutable's mizentop.  The battle had now developed into a general melee, white smoke obscuring the ships with flashes of yellow flame cutting through the din of roaring cannon, crackling musketry and shrieks of the wounded, adding to a most hellish spectacle.  As the action wore on, the superiority of the Royal Navy in shiphandling and rate of fire were winning the day as more and more ships of the French and Spanish fleet struck their colours.  By 4:30pm the gunfire had subsided, with the British winning the most decisive victory in the age of fighting sail with 18 of the combined fleet's vessels in it's possession.  Not a single British ship was lost.  The victory was not without its tragedies; Nelson, upon hearing of a great victory, died of his wounds.  For Britain, victory at Trafalgar ensured her security from invasion and dominance of the seas for the next century.

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