Editing Battle of Trafalgar (section)

==200th anniversary==
{{Commons|Trafalgar 200}}
In 2005 a series of events around the UK, part of the ''Sea Britain'' theme, marked the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The 200th&nbsp;anniversary of the battle was also commemorated on six occasions in [[Portsmouth]] during June and July, at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] (where Nelson is entombed), in Trafalgar Square in London in October (''[[T Square 200]]''), and across the UK.

On 28&nbsp;June, Queen [[Elizabeth II]] was involved in the largest [[International Fleet Review 2005|Fleet Review]] in modern times in the [[Solent]], in which 167&nbsp;ships from 35&nbsp;nations took part. The Queen inspected the international fleet from the Antarctic patrol ship {{HMS|Endurance|A171|6}}. The fleet included six aircraft carriers (modern capital ships): {{ship|French aircraft carrier|Charles de Gaulle|R91|2}}, {{HMS|Illustrious|R06|2}}, {{HMS|Invincible|R05|2}}, {{HMS|Ocean|L12|2}}, {{ship|Spanish aircraft carrier|Principe de Asturias||2}} and {{USS|Saipan|LHA-2|2}}. In the evening a symbolic re-enactment of the battle was staged with fireworks and various small ships playing parts in the battle.

Lieutenant [[John Richards Lapenotière|John Lapenotière]]'s historic voyage in {{HMS|Pickle|1800|6}} bringing the news of the victory from the fleet to [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] and thence by [[post chaise]] to the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] in London was commemorated by the inauguration of [[The Trafalgar Way]] and further highlighted by the [[New Trafalgar Dispatch]] celebrations from July to September in which an actor played the part of Lapenotière and re-enacted parts of the historic journey.

On the actual anniversary day, 21&nbsp;October, naval manoeuvres were conducted in Trafalgar Bay near Cádiz involving a combined fleet from Britain, Spain, and France. Many descendants of people present at the battle, including members of Nelson's family, were at the ceremony.{{sfnp|Elmundo staff|2005}}