COMMEMORATING TRAFALGAR DAY 2020 Wednesday 21 October As we know, our National EVENING SCHEDULE Trafalgar Day this year is to be 5.50pm Unwind from school and get in the mood for Trafalgar Day by scaled down due to the ongoing learning about the day through our fact finder. pandemic. But don’t worry! We’ve put together this activity 6.00pm Create a drink for the evening. Smoothy or squash, what’s pack for you to complete on going to be your tonic to keep scurvy at bay? the evening of Wednesday 6.30pm We’ll be launching the official Trafalgar Day video on our 21 October. social media channels. Watch to see cadets lay the memorial Work through the activities with wreath on Trafalgar Square and share a moment’s silence to friends or on your own and be remember those who have fallen. sure to join us on social media 6.45pm Post your virtual salutes to your social media channels and on the evening by using the be sure to tag @SeaCadetsUK in and we’ll share them on #VirtualTrafalgarDay2020 Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tik-Tok. 7.00pm Tackle our two activities. Create your bicorn hat and craft your floating craft using the guidelines in the pack. 2 6 FACT FINDING VOYAGE HMS Victory had 104 guns and was constructed from 6,000 oaks and elm trees. Its sails required 26 miles of rope 1 and rigging for the three masts, and On 21 October 1805, the British fleet, because there were so many manual jobs, under the command of Admiral Nelson, it was crewed by over 800 men. in his flagship HMS Victory, won a hard fought victory against a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of 7 Trafalgar, just off the coast of Spain. The first British ship to enter the battle was the Royal Sovereign, 15 minutes ahead of other ships. This ship was 2 commanded by Admiral Collingwood, The victory thwarted French Emperor Nelson’s second in command. He Napoleon’s plans to invade Britain and supposedly took bites from an apple whilst ensured Britain became the dominant pacing about the upper deck despite naval power for many decades to come. being injured early on in the battle. 8 3 In battle, Nelson was fatally wounded by a The British fleet was outnumbered with French sniper, he was hit in the spine and only 27 ships against the 33 French and realised he would die quickly, so he was taken Spanish ships. Well trained crews and below deck to not demotivate the men. mastery of tactics helped Nelson and the 5 fleet overcome this challenge. Admiral Nelson was a master tactician. Normally opposing fleets would form two 7 lines and engage their broadsides until Despite Nelon’s injuries, the British fleet 4 one fleet withdrew. Instead, Nelson split went onto victory. This confirmed the his fleet in two, placing half of it under naval superiority Britain had established Before the battle, Nelson sent his famous the command of his deputy, Admiral during the course of the nineteenth signal: ‘England expects every man to do Collingwood, and sailed straight at the century, and was put down to Nelson’s his duty’. French and Spanish lines, aiming to split tactical ability, with the British not losing a their line in half. single ship! 3 TUNE INTO SEA CADETS’ CREATING YOUR RAFT TRAFALGAR DAY VIDEO Can you build a land yacht out of recycled materials you might At 6.30pm on Wednesday 21 October we’ll be launching our otherwise think are rubbish? That’s your challenge. Then who Trafalgar Day video on Facebook and Instagram. Check them can make their yacht travel the furthest using nothing but one out on our social media channels. single breath! Click here to find out what you’ll need to build it. View the session here. POST YOUR VIRTUAL SALUTE Show us your salute in your 4s! Tag @SeaCadetsUK or #VirtualTrafalgarDay2020 and we’ll share them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tik Tok. 4 CREATING YOUR BICORN Things You Will Need: 1) Several large sheets of A3 Paper 2) Paper shreds, bits of colourful/sparkly paper for cockade and/or trim 3) Glue stick 4) Sellotape and/or stapler 5) Scissors 6) Card for the template 7) Optional: Buttons or tinkets for decorations How to assemble: 1) Draw the above image onto card as a template, make it so it is an appropriate size for your head. 2) Take two sheets of the paper and cut out two hat shapes, from the template that you made. 3) You may want to adjust the template to the right size for the hat you are trying to create – don’t be scared to paste a couple of sheets of paper together if necessary. 4) Along the edge of one of the hat shapes, glue a bit of the paper shreds so they form a “spacer”. 5) Loosely tape the edges of the two hat shapes together, or hold them together with your fingers. 6) Place the hat on your head, and mark the edges of your temple, where the hat fits best. 7) Staple the hat together with help of an adult, at the edges of each of the temple marks. Glue the edges of the hat together. 8) Decorate as you wish! 5 SCURVY ANTIDOTES Scurvy was an illness that affected sailors at sea due to a lack of vitamins from fresh fruit. In Nelson’s Navy sailors were given fruit when in port and ships would store citrus fruit as it would last longer at sea. Smoothy or limeade – choose to make one or the other to keep the scurvy at bay during your evening voyage. FROZEN SMOOTHY LIMEADE Pop the below into a blender with an adult’s help. Step 1 Simply blend and go! Lay the lime slices on a tray and freeze for at least an hour. Put – 150ml of a milk of your choice the remaining chopped limes (including the skin) in the bowl of a food processor or blender with the sugar and 100ml water. – 1 frozen banana + 1 regular banana Whizz until really juicy and completely broken down. – A measure of honey to taste Step 2 – A tablespoon of ground almonds (optional) Pour the mix through a sieve, so that all the pulpy bits remain – 1 cup ice (4 big ice cubes) and you have lots of juice. Have a taste – if it’s too sour, add a bit more sugar. Pour into a glass with lots of ice and the lime slices, and top up with soda water. – 4 limes , 3 roughly chopped, 1 sliced – 50g caster sugar – 300ml bottle soda water 6 SIGNAL FLAGS Before radios, satellites and modern communications systems, the Royal Navy relied on coded signals flags to pass messages between ships. These have changed over the years and new modern standards exist but the principles are still the same. England expects that every man will do his d u t y SEMAPHORE FLAGS MARITIME SIGNAL FLAGS Create your own signal flags using the modern maritime signals on the far right and send an inspirational message to your unit using the guides below and templates on the next page. 7 FLAG TEMPLATES ! 8 Patron: HM The Queen Marine Society & Sea Cadets, a charity registered in England & Wales 313013, Scotland SC037808.