cnemo Posted December 23, 2014 #1 Posted December 23, 2014 Hi Folks need your help I want to register for the website NMS Victory Modellers for confirmation of registration I have to answer the question: What was the surname of Nelson's Captain at Trafalgar? cnemo Quote
Jim Lad Posted December 24, 2014 #3 Posted December 24, 2014 Yes indeed. Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy was Nelson's flag Captain and commanded HMS Victory at Trafalgar. John Quote
AntonyUK Posted December 24, 2014 #4 Posted December 24, 2014 Yes .. This is what I was informed at school. And read in books. Regards Antony. Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section
allanyed Posted December 30, 2014 #5 Posted December 30, 2014 The following painting shows both Nelson and Hardy as well as Blackwood. The painting and following explanation are from the NMM collections. PAH8019 A photogravure after the painting, ‘Nelson’s Last Signal at Trafalgar’, by Thomas Davidson. Nelson is shown in the centre of the image standing on the deck of the ‘Victory’. He gestures towards the ship’s captain, Thomas Hardy, with Captain Blackwood of the ‘Euryalus’ looking on. Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU
uss frolick Posted December 30, 2014 #6 Posted December 30, 2014 No doubt later on, he was known below decks as "Kiss-Me 'Ardy" ... Mark P 1 Quote
Mark P Posted January 9, 2015 #7 Posted January 9, 2015 I think that you will find that Hardy was knighted after Trafalgar. Quote Previously built models (long ago, aged 18-25ish) POB construction. 32 gun frigate, scratch-built sailing model, Underhill plans. 2 masted topsail schooner, Underhill plans. Started at around that time, but unfinished: 74 gun ship 'Bellona' NMM plans. POB On the drawing board: POF model of Royal Caroline 1749, part-planked with interior details. My own plans, based on Admiralty draughts and archival research. Always on the go: Research into Royal Navy sailing warship design, construction and use, from Tudor times to 1790. Member of NRG, SNR, NRS, SMS
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