c/historyartifacts · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yMassive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 211 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world
10 Comments
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 1y
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
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
I wonder how they store it
AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y
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
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