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Size of the Spanish flag flown on a ship in the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.

This trophy flag is made of wool and feels very coarse. It has the arms of Castile and León in the middle and the name of the ship on the hoist in ink: san ildefonso. The flag has holes from where it was shot, and it is frayed on the edges from when it flapped in the winds.

Size: 33ft long and 48ft high

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.

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