Navy Day
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Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy.
A Russian sailor on Navy Day in 2017.
Israeli naval honor guards on Navy Day.
A homage ceremony at Amar Jawan Jyoti on during the Navy Day celebrations in New Delhi, 2015.
Japanese "Shining Navy Anniversary Day" official poster, 1942
Trafalgar Day
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Trafalgar Day is the celebration of the victory won by the Royal Navy, commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, over the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 18
Navy Day
…public can visit military ships and see air displays, roughly along the lines of an American Fleet Week. The Royal Navy's equivalent of "Navy Day" is Trafalgar Day, which is celebrated on 21 October. In the United States, the Navy League of the United States organized the first Navy Day in 1922, holding it on…
Turner, The Battle of Trafalgar
Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating Trafalgar by John Burnet, 1837
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham lays a wreath at Birmingham's statue of Lord Nelson on Trafalgar Day 2007.
Flags fly from the Nelson Monument on Calton Hill in Edinburgh on Trafalgar Day 2013