| Many people in Britain are familiar with
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| | which was performed with the greatest
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| Joseph Mallord William Turner's magical
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| | zeal. At the very same minute the
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| painting of the Fighting Temeraire, but
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| | mainmast fell on board the Redoubtable.
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| what's the story behind Britain's
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| | The entire stern was absolutely stove-in,
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| favourite painting?The Fighting Temeraire
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| | rudder-stock, tiller, and two
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| or "The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her
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| | tiller-sweeps, sternpost, wing transoms,
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| Last Berth to be broken up" (to give it's
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| | and transom knees were in general shot to
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| full name) hangs in the National Gallery
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| | pieces."The ships behind Victory engaged
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| in London and continues to wow
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| | the Franco-Spanish fleet as they came
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| visitors.It depicts a glorious sunset,
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| | through. A musket shot from the
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| through which sails a squat, dark tug
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| | Redoubtable hit Nelson and knocked him
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| boat, pulling a pale and almost ghostly
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| | down, breaking his back: he was taken
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| sailing ship, "The Fighting Temeraire"
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| | below and missed the battle as it
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| behind it.The 98-gun Temeraire was one of
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| | climaxed towards British victory,
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| the key ships that took part in the
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| | although he was kept informed at all
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| Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Britain was
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| | times. The Temeraire continued to fight
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| bracing itself against the possibility of
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| | the Redoutable and managed to smash the
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| invasion by Napoleon. Napoleon had
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| | French ship Fougueux in the process. The
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| succeeded in bringing together fleets
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| | tactic of piercing the Franco-Spanish
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| from France and Spain, in order to ravage
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| | line was successful, and during the storm
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| British interests. The Battle of
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| | which blew up later that day, many of the
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| Trafalgar was to sow the seeds of British
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| | crippled vessels were finally destroyed.
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| colonial power for many years, as well as
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| | Nelson died in the course of the battle,
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| decisively destroying the Napoleonic
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| | and was given a state funeral.Thus the
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| threat.Admiral Lord Nelson was the genius
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| | Temeraire acquired its legendary place in
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| commander behind the British tactics in
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| | British naval history. Turner wanted to
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| the battle: a master tactician, and
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| | make a statement about the passing of an
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| already a national hero. The French fleet
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| | age, the glorious age of sail, and it's
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| was commanded by Admiral Villeneuve. He
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| | transformation into the more mundane age
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| had 33 ships, compared with the British
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| | of steam and steel. Others of his
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| 22. By dawn of the 21-Oct-1805, the two
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| | paintings, such as Rain, Steam and Speed
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| fleets were visible to one another.
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| | also deal with themes of modern
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| Nelson arranged his fleet into two
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| | technology transforming our
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| columns, to pierce the enemy line head
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| | landscapes.The scene depicted by JMW
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| on. Nelson's Victory ploughed straight
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| | Turner occurred on 6-Sep-1838, as the
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| through the line, taking terrible damage,
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| | Temeraire was pulled up the Thames to the
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| before opening fire. The Victory smashed
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| | Beatson's ship-breaking yard at
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| the French flagship the Bucentaure, with
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| | Rotherhith. However, the reality of the
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| Admiral Villeneuve, the only man left
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| | scene was slightly different. It is said
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| standing on the quarter deck.Then the
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| | that the Temeraire was in fact pulled by
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| Victory's progress was blocked by the
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| | two tugs, not one, and there was no
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| Redoutable. The Temeraire, captained by
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| | sunset according to observers on the day.
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| Sir Eliab Harvey, flanked the Redoutable
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| | The composition lovingly romanticises the
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| on the other side, and the Victory and
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| | passing of the Temeraire.In 2005 the
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| Temeraire smashed their foes with
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| | painting was voted "Britain's favourite
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| shattering broadsides at point blank
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| | painting" in a BBC poll. Not
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| range.Captain Jean-Jacques Lucas of the
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| | surprisingly, this vote coincided with
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| Redoubtable said: "It would be difficult
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| | the 200 year anniversary of the Battle of
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| to describe the horrible carnage caused
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| | Trafalgar.Now the sunset breezes shiver
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| by the murderous broadside. More than 200
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| | Temeraire! Temeraire!
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| of our brave lads were killed or wounded.
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| | And she's fading down the river.
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| I was wounded at the same instant, but
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| | Temeraire! Temeraire!
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| not so seriously as to prevent me from
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| | Now the sunset Breezes shiver
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| remaining at my post ... A little later a
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| | And she's fading down the river,
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| third ship [HMS Temeraire] came up and
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| | But in England's song for ever
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| stationed herself astern of the
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| | She's the Fighting Temeraire.
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| Redoubtable and fired into us at pistol
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| | Henry Newbolt, 'The Fighting Temeraire',
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| range; in less than half an hour our ship
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| | 1898Gordon Smith is Managing Director of
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| was so riddled that she seemed to be no
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| | online art store With his expert
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| more than a mass of wreckage. In this
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| | knowledge of Britain's best-loved
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| state the Temeraire hailed us to strike,
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| | paintings he is well-placed to reveal
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| and not prolong a useless resistance. I
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| | some of the back-story to the great
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| ordered several soldiers who were near me
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| | masterpieces.
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| to answer this summons with musket-shots,
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