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Castaways: 5 remarkable shipwreck stories from history
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A visit to HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar
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7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose
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Britain didn’t “rule the waves” after the battle of Trafalgar, says historian Sam Willis
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The battle of Trafalgar
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Trafalgar, a futile victory? Why Nelson’s triumph didn’t turn the tide on Napoleon
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The capture of the
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My history hero: Ernest Shackleton (d1922)
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Did the Age of Exploration bring more harm than good?
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How the arrival of Europeans rocked the native cultures of Tahiti and Australia
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10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Spanish Armada
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Michael Palin on HMS Erebus and the doomed Franklin Expedition of 1845
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Britain’s imperial landmarks: The empire on our doorsteps
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The Navy and the battle for Britain in 1940
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5 facts about Captain Cook’s HMS
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