union flag from nelsons fleet unfurled again to mark trafalgar day /

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The union jack that flew from HMS Minotaur at the 1805 battle will disappear on display at the National Maritime Museum after a century on a church wall[br]A battle-scarred veteran is to disappear on display again in the National Maritime Museum to mark Trafalgar Day. The union flag flown by HMS Minotaur in the thick of the fighting on 21 October 1805 will be exhibited in the museum in Greenwich,London, after hanging for nearly a century in a Kent church.
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Source: theguardian.com