Nelson's Patent Bridge Royal Navy 75+ Y/O Trade Ad Card

Description

Nelson's Patent Bridge Royal Navy 75+ Y/O Trade Ad Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
ORIGINAL 75+ YEARS OLD TRADE - ADVERTISING CARDS
BATTLE OF CAPE ST VINCENT NELSON'S "NELSON'S PATENT BRIDGE
The San Jose was among the Spanish fleet during the battle, during which HMS Captain, under the
command of Captain Horatio Nelson came out of the line to attack the San Nicol. After exchanging
fire, Nelson led his forces aboard the San Nicolas. While the English were fighting their way aboard the
San Jose continued to fire upon the Captain and the San Nicol. The San Jose then fell upon the San
Nicoland their rigging became tangled. Trapped, the men from the San Jose continued to fire on the
British boarding parties with muskets and pistols. Nelson then took his men from the decks of the San
Nicolaboard the San Jose, forcing the Spanish to surrender, with their Admiral badly injured. The San
Jose and the San Nicolas, both captured by Nelson, were two of the four ships captured during the
battle. After their capture they were renamed HMS San Josef and HMS San Nicolas respectively. The
feat of using one enemy vessel as a 'stepping stone' to capture another was afterwards known in the
Royal Navy as "Nelson's patent bridge for boarding first rates".
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE .
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 '' x 1 3/8 ''  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGES ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE IMAGES ABOVE WITH THE RULER AS A SCALE!
THIS CARD IS NOT MODERN REPRODUCTION
IT IS  75+ YEARS OLD
18
WE COMBINE SHIPPING
BUY 1 TO 4 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND THE TOTAL TO SHIP IS
BUY 5 TRADE ADVERTISING CARDS AND SHIPPING IS FREE
NOTE:
ON LARGER INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WE MAY REQUIRE REGISTERD
MAIL AND WILL SPLIT THE COST WITH THE BUYER.
INQUIRE IF CONCERNED!