PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoMassive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805lemmy.worldimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1203
arrow-up1203imageMassive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·27 days agoCaptain: … get ready for battle … hoist the flag! Crew two hours later: … ready captain! (that is one huge freakin flag!)
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·27 days agoNot even one of the biggest ships of the period, naval ensigns back then were just that massive!
minus-squarewatersnipjelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·26 days 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