A Battle with the Elements | William Lionel Wyllie | 1885 17th Century She returned to England at

She returned to England at the beginning of 1855 and that year became a hospital ship at Portsmouth

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The main obstacle to be overcome was the Iron Castle at the northern side of the entrance to the harbour

The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars

It was the last major naval battle in history to be fought entirely with sailing ships

A Battle with the Elements | William Lionel Wyllie | 1885 17th Century She returned to England atA painting showing the hulk of the wooden frigate 'Leonidas' anchored near Upnor on the Medway in Kent. The coastline is visible in the distance on the left. The 'Leonidas', 36 guns, was launched in 1807 and by 1872 had ceased active service to become a powder hulk storing gun cotton. By the 1880s, with the coming of steel and steam power, many of the old 'wooden walls' were being used in naval anchorages for such purposes. Those in the Medway, off