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1 BRITISH NAVY FROM ALFRED TO ELISABETH II

2 KING ALFRED

3 KING HAROLD THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS

4 THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS 1066

5 GALLEON

6 HENRY VIII

7 FRANCES DRAKE

8 ELIZABETH I Philip II of Spain planned to depose her, calling her the “Heretic (väärusuline) Queen”

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10 GOLDEN HINDE

11 KING PHILIP II OF SPAIN The architect of the Armada invasion of England in 1588

12 THE ROUTE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA 1588

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14 The Eglish Fleet gives battle to the Spanish Armada. English ships carry the red cross of St.George on a white background.

15 THE SPANISH ARMADA: the decisive action off Calais; the English attack at midnight led by the eight fire ships that forced the Spanish to cut their cables and escape to the East.

16 SPANISH ARMADA The English Fleet forces the Spanish Armada into the North Sea.

17 THE SHIP OF THE SPANISH ARMADA IN TROUBLE

18 THE BATTLE OF GRAVELINES

19 FRANCIS DRAKE

20 FRANCES DRAKE

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22 HORATIO NELSON 1758 - 1805

23 YOUNG NELSON

24 HORATIO NELSON

25 THE BATTLE OF THE NILE

26 THE MAP OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE

27 THE BATTLE OF THE NILE

28 FRENCH SHIP EXPLODING AT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE

29 NELSON WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE, WEARING THE NILE MEDAL

30 EMMA HAMILTON

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32 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 21st Oct. 1805

33 The beginning of the BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR at the Cape Trafalgar off the South Western coast of Spain

34 TRAFALGAR, LAYING A GUN before firing into the enemy

35 NELSON’S FAMOUS PHRASE ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY

36 flagship HMS (his majesty´s ship) VICTORY

37 DEATH OF LORD NELSON (1805)

38 NELSON´S FUNERAL Lord Nelson´s body was brought to England and the admiral was given a state funeral. His body is entombed in St.Paul´s cathedral in London.

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40 TRAFALGAR SQUARE NELSON´S COLUMN

41 SAILORS´ VOCABULARY

42 NAVY SLANG COWBOY MEAL- COWBOY MEAL- BACON AND TOMATOES ACTING RABBIT- ACTING RABBIT- BAKED MEAT PIE SOFT TACK- SOFT TACK- OLD SLANG NAME FOR BREAD DONKEY – DONKEY – PIECE OF MACHINERY ON THE BEACH- ON THE BEACH- RETIRED FROM SERVICE

43 AHOY TRADITIONAL GREETING WAS ORIGINALLY A VIKING BATTLE CRY

44 HE KNOWS THE ROPES IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS IT MEANT THAT SEAMAN WAS A NOVICE, TODAY THIS SAME PHRASE MEANS OPPOSITE, THAT THE SEAMAN FULLY KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS THE OPERATION.

45 KNOT ONE SEAMILE (1882 M) PER HOUR

46 MAYDAY “MAYDAY” IS THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED VOICE SIGNAL FOR SHIPS AND PEOPLE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AT SEA. MADE OFFICIAL IN 1948, IT IS AN ANGLICIZING OF THE FRENCH M´AIDEZ, “HELP ME”.

47 S.O.S. CONTRARY TO POPULAR NOTION, THE LETTERS S.O.S. DO NOT STAND FOR “Save our ship” OR “Save our souls”. THEY WERE SELECTED TO INDICATE A DISTRESS BECAUSE, IN MORSE CODE, THESE LETTERS CREATE AN UNMISTAKABLE SOUND PATTERN.

48 BRITISH NAVY TODAY British marine armed force, known as the Royal Navy shares joint responsibility with the British Army and the Royal Air Force (RAF) for the defence of the UK and its dependent territories. It was the world´s most powerful navy until World War II, after which it was the world´s second largest after the US Navy.

49 VICTORY in Portsmouth, England. The oldest commissioned Naval ship in the world.

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51 HMS WARSPITE

52 TYPE 23

53 TYPE 22

54 TYPE 42

55 HMS ARK ROYAL

56 HMS ILLUSTRIOUS

57 HMS INVINCIBLE

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59 PRINCE CHARLES, VICE- ADMIRAL in the Royal Navy

60 Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwin sonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwin son http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson._1st_Viscount_Nelsonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson._1st_Viscount_Nelson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy www.royalnavy.mod.uk


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