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By trevsastar

Day 215/23. Bucklers hard

The hamlet of Bucklers Hard was a 19th century shipyard and helped to build Nelson's fleet using Oak from the New Forest.. The largest ship built here was HMS Agamemnon (built on the slipway in the centree of my picture).. 
HMS Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She saw service in the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars,
43 Royal Navy ships at Buckler's Hard, including three that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805:
Today the place was almost deserted despite a rare visit from the sun. Where are all the New Forest holidaymakers?

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