Massive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

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ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Captain: .... get ready for battle ... hoist the flag!

Crew two hours later: ... ready captain!

(that is one huge freakin flag!)

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not even one of the biggest ships of the period, naval ensigns back then were just that massive!

watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1y

That Wikipedia page has such a shitty drawing as a header image, lol

ramenshaman@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I wonder how they store it

AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The flag drawer

SupraMario@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

So the "only single socks because the dryer ate the other one" drawer

HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Admiral Nelson’s final battle

JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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Maalus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

How big was the ship?

TheShadow277@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y

Send it to one of those rug cleaning guys. Gonna take a while