The Channel 4 website (UK) has recently launched a new Battle of Trafalgar game which allows users to take the helm of their very own ship and complete missions on behalf of the Royal Navy. As well as objectives based on historical events (escorting merchant ships to safe waters, transporting Nelson to safety and performing raids on the French and Spanish fleet), the player is also given facts about service onboard a Royal Navy ship during the period whilst the game offers short history lessons after each of the “historic” missions. Brian Lavery, Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, was involved in ensuring the factual and historical accuracy of the game, which accompanies the Trafalgar episode (due to be screened on 28 June for UK-based viewers) of the Channel 4 series “Bloody Foreigners”.
Click here for the game and here for more information on the series “Bloody Foreigners” (external links).