PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoMassive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1159
arrow-up1159imageMassive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·14 hours agoCaptain: … get ready for battle … hoist the flag! Crew two hours later: … ready captain! (that is one huge freakin flag!)
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·14 hours agoNot even one of the biggest ships of the period, naval ensigns back then were just that massive!
minus-squarewatersnipjelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 hours agoThat Wikipedia page has such a shitty drawing as a header image, lol
Captain: … get ready for battle … hoist the flag!
Crew two hours later: … ready captain!
(that is one huge freakin flag!)
Not even one of the biggest ships of the period, naval ensigns back then were just that massive!
That Wikipedia page has such a shitty drawing as a header image, lol