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HMS ELEPHANT
HMS Elephant was a
ship of the line with 74 guns on 2 gun decks. She was built by
George Parsons in Bursledon, Hampshire and launched on
August 24th, 1786.
In 1801, Admiral Horatio
Nelson chose HMS Elephant as his flagship during the Battle of
Copenhagen due to its suitability for the shallow waters
that prevailed there. It was on this ship that he is
said to have put his telescope to his blind eye and
claimed not to be able to see a signal ordering him to
withdraw:
Thinking that Nelson might be fighting to a
stand-still but unable to retreat without orders, at
1:30pm Admiral Sir Hyde Parker told his flag captain, "I
will make the signal of recall for Nelson's sake."
Vice-Admiral Nelson turned to his flag
Captain and said "You know,
Foley, I only have one eye — I have the right to be
blind sometimes," and then holding his telescope to his
blind eye, said "I really do not see the signal!"
Nelson famously
disobeyed Parker's order to withdraw, destroying and
capturing 16 of the Dano-Norwegian ships (while he had
only 9 ships.) Copenhagen
is often considered to be Nelson's hardest fought
battle, surpassing even the heavy fighting at Trafalgar. Because of Parker's lack of vigor,
London handled Nelson command of the fleet by for the rest of the war
campaign. Upon his return to England, Nelson
was made Viscount Nelson of the Nile.
We
are upgrading our
HMS Elephant model. The new ship will
be
37"
long.
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