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Nelson's Navy 1793-1815
	Britain's `Wooden Wall' kept the country free from invasion from the French for 20 years from 1793. Each ship was manned by hundreds of seamen: the Royal Navy was the biggest employer of the period. We think of the big set piece battles, such as the Nile, St. Vincent and above all Trafalgar, but for the most part ships were engaged in blockading the French coast or in actions against individual enemy vessels. Did you have an ancestor in Nelson's Navy? If you did, then this booklet will point you in the right direction. KEITH GREGSON, a former history department head of a secondary school, is now a freelance writer and historian with a special interest in the Napoleonic wars.