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Massive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

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Massive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

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Captain: … get ready for battle … hoist the flag!

Crew two hours later: … ready captain!

(that is one huge freakin flag!)
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  Not even one of the biggest ships of the period, naval ensigns back then were just that massive!
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    That Wikipedia page has such a shitty drawing as a header image, lol

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