The ''Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition'' was a

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held in Earl's Court London in 1905 intended to mark the 100th anniversary of the

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...

, where a British fleet led by Admiral Nelson (who died in the battle) defeated a joint Franco-Spanish fleet during the

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. The president of the exhibition was the lord mayor of London (then Charles Johnston) and the vice president Admiral

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. Trafalgar related items included an item labelled as the quilt from Nelson's bed on board ship and a "scenic interpretation" of the battle and death of Nelson But in addition to Trafalgar commemoration, as the name suggests there were naval, shipping and fishery related exhibits. :Naval related exhibits included Captain Cook's chart rule and his plane table :Fishing displays included the opportunity to observe fishers mending nets and divers in a diving tank. :Shipping related exhibits included an eight foot model of the '' Empress Queen'' (which also appeared at the

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and Franco-British fairs) and a village of Amerindians in which war canoes were shown. More actively there was the opportunity to take a submarine trip. And, as in following Earl's Court exhibitions in the 1900s, there were amusement rides including a Hiram Maxim Captive flying machine and a

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