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The monument to Admiral Collingwood
Everyone knows of the famous Battle of Trafalgar and the great old HMS Victory which you can visit with Ye Olde England Tours when life gets back to normal. I think it is perhaps the best day out! Trafalgar Square is … Continue reading
Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham
Tagged Admiral Collingwood, Battle of Trafalgar, Memorials, Nelson, Newcastle, River Tyne, Royal Navy, Tynemouth
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The story of how a Tyneside ship ended up as the Resolute desk of the President of the United States Part Two
Following on from last weeks post on HMS Resolute, we pick up the account in this second blog post. On 10 September 1855, the abandoned HMS Resolute was found adrift by the American whaler George Henry, captained by James Budington … Continue reading
Posted in geography, history
Tagged Henry Grinnell, HMS Resolute, Northwest Passage, Prince Charles, Queen Victoria, Resolute Desk, Royal Navy, The White House, USA, Washington
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The story of how a Tyneside ship ended up as the Resolute desk of the President of the United States Part One
It’s hard to say much about the desk of the Prime Minister outside the Corona virus, it is almost unheard of him or her to address the nation or indeed The Queen outside her customary Christmas message of goodwill and … Continue reading
Posted in geography, history
Tagged HMS Resolute, Inauguration, Newcastle, Northwest Passage, Resolute Desk, Royal Navy, Sir Edward Belcher, Sir John Franklin, WhiteHouse
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Original hand-drawn battle plans by Admiral Lord Nelson for the Battle of Trafalgar are discovered.
Incredible a hand-drawn sketch by Admiral Lord Nelson himself showing his plan for victory at Trafalgar has been discovered tucked inside the pages of a scrapbook after nearly 200 years. They were discovered by historian Martyn Downer in a scrap … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, News, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Admiral Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar, Lord Nelson, Maps, Military, Nelson, Royal Navy
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HMT Bedfordshire – The Royal Navy ship sank defending the United States.
I’ve written several posts about American servicemen who died in Britain in WW2, most recently on the The Endcliffe Park Memorial in Sheffield & the incredible devotion of Tony Foulds. A few weeks ago I came across a fascinating sad little … Continue reading
Posted in history, WW2
Tagged Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, HMT Bedfordshire, Royal Navy, WW2
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Sailing away with Flags of Convenience
What have Liberia, Panama and the Marshall Islands have in common? This might sound like the start of a bad joke but it is a legitimate question. The answer is that these nations are the leading Flag States in the … Continue reading
What would have happened if the Soviet Union had nuked London?
It is hard to imagine anything worse than a nuclear war and recently a normally well-hidden document in the National Archives in Kew (West London) has come out of hiding to be the star attraction in a new exhibition. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in history, Life, London, News
Tagged Armageddon, Cold War, Kew, Margaret Thatcher, National Archives, Nuclear War, Royal Navy, The Queen
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Up Close and Personal with the Greenwich Painted Hall Ceiling
Two weeks ago you may have seen my post on the Painted Hall in Greenwich which is often referred to as the Sistine Chapel of England. The artwork is 300 years old however and due to age, wear and tear … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, history, Life, London, Ye Olde England Tours
Tagged Art, Conservation, Greenwich, London, Painted Hall Ceiling, Royal Navy, Sir James Thornhill
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The Painted Hall of Greenwich – Englands Sistine Chapel
Said by many to be the English equivalent of the Sistine Chapel, The Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich is one of the most spectacular and important baroque interiors in Europe. You might get some idea what … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Greenwich, Painted Hall, Royal Navy, Sir James Thornhill
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The lonely Isle of Islay and the doomed American soldiers who died there in 1918 in 2 naval disasters.
The Scottish Isle of of Islay is best known these days for its world famous peaty single malt whisky but a century ago, this normally tranquil place which sits on the western coast of the U.K and facing the fierce … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, history, WW1
Tagged First World War, HMS Mounsey, Islay, Malcom MacNeill, Otranto, Royal Navy, SS Tuscania, WW1
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