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21st October 2021

21st October 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar sees the British Navy under the command of Nelson defeat the combined fleets of France and Spain

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The Battle of Trafalgar secured British supremacy of the seas and saw the victorious fleet sail away without having lost a single ship.

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