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Ravi Sharma
SETTING SAIL: INS Mumbai about to leave the port of Karwar on May 31 to take part in the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Trafalgar in Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
BANGALORE: When Indian Naval Captain Sunil Lamba and his crew aboard the INS Mumbai set sail from Karwar (Karnataka) on May 31 on a month-long voyage they weren't embarking on one of their routine exercises of the India coast. The Navy's frontline Type 15 Delhi Class destroyer was sailing off on one of her most prestigious voyages: to take part in celebrations to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death in action of Admiral Lord Nelson. The celebrations that take place at Portsmouth off England's Hampshire coast between June 28 and July 3 will include the biggest-ever International Fleet Review, a Son et Lumeirie, an International Drumhead Ceremony and an International Festival of the Sea. Events that would make any sailor worth his salt swell with pride. Something that is not lost on either the officers or sailors of the Indian Destroyer, who are justifiably proud of being the lone Indian fighting ship that has been chosen to represent the Indian Navy and the country.
Tribute to Lord Nelson
For sailors of the Indian Navy, Lord Nelson is more than just an illustrious naval commander from the pages of history. Even today when an Indian sailor steps onto the quarterdeck of a ship he salutes in what is a tribute to Lord Nelson, who was fatally wounded on his ship's quarterdeck during the Battle of Trafalgar. INS Tarangini, the Indian Navy's only sail training ship that circumvented the globe last year and teaches naval cadets the basics of navigation and seamanship will also be representing the country at the bicentennial celebrations. INS Mumbai which is currently somewhere in the Arabian Sea heading of to Egypt's Port Said, will reach France and then join ships from around 40 other countries who have been invited by the Royal Navy to participate in the International Fleet Review at the eastern Solent off Spithead (Portsmouth, Hampshire) on June 28. The large number of countries attending the Trafalgar 200 International Fleet Review makes it the biggest in terms of participating nations. During the last fleet review held during the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Queen of England in 1977, 19 nations had taken part.
A platform for cooperation
The Trafalgar 200 Fleet review will not only commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Admiral Lord Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar, but will also carry on a 600-year-old tradition of Fleet reviews, which British sovereigns have done off Spithead since the reign of Edward III. Officers from INS Mumbai also said that this review would provide for a platform for international maritime friendship and co-operation. Just for the record, the Battle of Trafalgar, which dealt a crushing blow to Napoleon's ambitions of conquering the world, took place on October 21, 1805. More celebrations are in store to celebrate that as well.
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