@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 23 days agoMassive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805imagemessage-square11arrow-up1209arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]spain
arrow-up1209arrow-down1imageMassive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 23 days agomessage-square11cross-posted to: [email protected]spain
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish38•23 days agoCaptain: … get ready for battle … hoist the flag! Crew two hours later: … ready captain! (that is one huge freakin flag!)
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish23•23 days agoNot even one of the biggest ships of the period, naval ensigns back then were just that massive!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•23 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