Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates

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“Nelson’s Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates” was the humorous nickname given to the British ship HMS Captain’s unusual rigging arrangement that enabled Admiral Horatio Nelson’s daring close-quarters tactics at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.

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