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“None of my reputation has been diminished in the late Glorious Action”
Issue number: 19 – July 2007 (KA 19)
Nelson wrote these words in a letter to his friend the Duke of Clarence, dated 22 February 1797, a few days after the Battle of Cape St Vincent, hoping that he would circulate it to other influential people and even the press. He was conscious of the importance of his popular image to his career.
Since my last Dispatch, the role and legacy of things maritime, and the Royal Navy, has been highlighted by among other things, the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War, the fire in the Cutty Sark, the hostage-taking in the Gulf, the launch of HMS Astute, and the sad death of one of our Vice Presidents, Tom Pocock.
