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Vecchio 24-05-09, 09:22 PM   #21
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Ciao,

sul ruolo dell'Agamemnon a Trafalgar ti giro quanto si trova sul sito "Michael Pilliphs' Ships of the Old Navy", piuttosto particolareggiato sulla carriera di tantissime navi della Royal Navy:
The following day she was with NELSON's weather division at the battle of Trafalgar.
After dismasting a French 74 she took up a position under the stern of the SANTISSIMA TRINIDADA where she was attacked by four two-deckers.
The enemy guns were pointed so high that little damage was done to the hull.
If they had fired lower she would surely have been sunk. She had only 2 killed and 7 wounded during the battle.

(fonte: AGAMEMNON (64) [1781])

Ho trovato altri riferimenti spagnoli e francesi, sostanzialmente la stessa cosa, ricordando anche un ultimo combattimento contro l'Intrepide, a battaglia ormai conclusa (Guerres maritimes sous la république et l'empire: par le contre-amiral E. Jurien de La Gravière - Guerres maritimes sous la république ... - Google Ricerca Libri).
Wikipedia, citando Goodwin (The Ships of Trafalgar - che non possiedo):
On 21 October 1805 Agamemnon fought in the Battle of Trafalgar. Agamemnon was positioned eighth in Nelson's weather column, with Orion ahead and Minotaur astern. Once engaged, she was firing both batteries, eventually pounding the great Spanish four-decker Santísima Trinidad until that ship was dismasted and, with 216 of her complement dead, struck her colours. Before Berry could take possession of the prize, the enemy van division began bearing down on the British line, having previously been cut off from the battle by Nelson's line-breaking tactics. With Nelson already dying below decks on Victory, Captain of the Fleet Thomas Hardy ordered Agamemnon and several other ships to intercept them. Three of the enemy ships broke off and ran for Cádiz; after briefly engaging Intrépide the British ships moved to try and cut off the fleeing ships. Over the course of the battle, Agamemnon suffered just two fatalities, and eight men were wounded.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(1781))

Non ho trovato fino ad ora nulla sulla sistemazione ad infermeria, la cosa mi interessa...

Ciao,

Ferruccio
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