The Untold Battle of Trafalgar
- Episode aired Jun 28, 2010
The battle of Trafalgar is generally held to be a triumphant English victory but the documentary shows,using the list of crew members of the HMS Bellerophon, that the ships' companies were m... Read allThe battle of Trafalgar is generally held to be a triumphant English victory but the documentary shows,using the list of crew members of the HMS Bellerophon, that the ships' companies were made up of other nationalities;- recently freed or escaped West Indian slaves, Scandinavian... Read allThe battle of Trafalgar is generally held to be a triumphant English victory but the documentary shows,using the list of crew members of the HMS Bellerophon, that the ships' companies were made up of other nationalities;- recently freed or escaped West Indian slaves, Scandinavian professional sailors who were on board for the money and Americans,sometimes press-ganged... Read all