Bizarre facts about His Britannic Majesty's Navee....
The was a 21yr old Welshman called Griffith Griffith amongst the 821 men on Nelson's flagship HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. For those interested parties, :wink: there were also..... x3 Mitchell - Patrick, age 47, (AB Scottish) (Able seaman) - William, aged 56, (AB Scottish) - William, aged 16, (BOY English) x1 Mann - John, age 27, (AB, English) Nationalities of the crew included English, Irish, Welsh, Scots, American, Norwegian, Dutch, Maltese, French, Portuguese, Swedish, German, Indian, Brazilian, West Indian, Canadian, Italian, Danish, Swiss and Jamaican. Just for you, Frances (and any other of our Italian Zoners), these were the Italians.... Dominick Dubine, age 30, ORD (Ordinary Seaman) Giovanni Guinto, age ?, RM/PTE (Royal Marine/Private) Thomas Johnson, age 18, BOY Antonio Magolina, age ?, RM/PTE Strombolo Pillique, age 22, ORD Crescenzo Salluzzd, age 24, RM/PTE Gaetano Spedillo, age ?, RETINUE - VALET Phillip Thovez, age 20, MID (Midshipman) Filippo Vava, age 24, RM/PTE No Hornblowers, alas, but there were 2 Bush, an Aldridge, a Hunter, a Stiles and several Mathews. And last, but not least, a Scottish AB called Archibald Kennedy! :Horatio wink:

Hmmm! Could be a very distant relative for me, but it would be very distant. From our records, most of my ancestors were in the U.S by the mid 1700's.

I would have never thought that there were so many nationalities in the crews involved in the Battle of Trafalgar, but I guess it is logical, considered that the nations directly involved had colonies they could enlist crew members from and other nations were likely to take one side or the other and send men to fight.

How very interesting,Stevie-----do wonder if any are relatives---------------saltwater in their veins,eh? :Horatio wink: