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The Fighting Temeraire - the Battle and the Breeze

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Declared the Greatest Painting in Britain earlier this year in a Radio 4 poll, the image of JMW Turner's ageing warship, The Fighting Temeraire, is reassuringly familiar. But, as Graeme Fife discovers, the story of the real-life HMS Temeraire is just as compelling as the painting.

Torn apart by a mutiny that led to the execution of her 14 sailors and having played a vital role in Nelson's victory at Trafalgar, the old ship shown by Turner en route to the scrapyard has many secrets to give up.

(Repeated on New Year's Day at 12.15am)

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Presenter:
Graeme Fife
Producer:
Paul Kobrak
Source: Radio Times

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