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Wear your Tartan with Pride
Scots have always had a love affair with the sea - but not many consider a kilt a very practical garment on board a sailing vessel. Highland Clans were approached by a customer who wanted to go sailing in a tartan fleece - so we put our heads together with some experts in Portsmouth and came up with our unique Tartan Fleece.
Tartan
Fleece Jacket £99.50
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The tartan fleece is the ultimate bespoke fleece jacket for a Scot. Made exclusively for us from a standard range of 500 tartans we can extend this to any stock tartan from our website.
The fleece is made from 300g high quality anti-pill polar fleece fabric, has satinex lining (silky feel) with polar fleece lined welt pockets for comfort and warmth. It has a stand up/padded collar, an internal zipped pocket. The fleece has an elasticated hem and cuffs as standard for a snug fit or an open hem with draw cord as shown
We use 100% pure new wool tartan to line the collar and front opening.
The tartan fleece is extremely warm and can be worn sailing, riding, hill walking or just about any outdoor activity.
We can have your tartan fleece embroidered with your name, clan or clan motto. We can even have the name of your yacht, horse or club! 20 letters are included in the price.
Scots Contribution at Trafalgar
With all the celebrations of Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar on 21 October 1805 it is worthwhile remembering that although the famous signal started “England Expects…” that in fact the Royal Navy at that time was a British Navy. England and Scotland had been united (in a somewhat forced marriage) for very nearly a hundred years since the Act of Union in 1707.
In fact Scotland played a disproportionate part in the battle:
- 5 out of the 27 (about 19%) of the Captains were Scots – and almost 30% of the crew! Today Scots account for about 10% of the population of the United Kingdom and if the proportions were the same then it is clear that Scots played a significant part.
- Many of the cannons were made at the Carron Works in Falkirk – in fact the heaviest of all the cannons was called a carronade. Victory carried two carronadesin the forecastle which were loaded with 68 pounds of ball shot and 500 musket balls. They were aptly nicknamed "smashers". The heaviest guns on the lower gun deck were 32 pounders.
- The canon balls were produced by the Bonawe Iron Furnace, near Oban. In 1781 the furnace produced 42,000 canon balls for the Royal Ordnance at Woolwich.
Nelson's First Memorlal
The Bonawe furnace men, upon hearing of Lord Nelson’s death in 1805, erected a standing stone to his memory. The first of many such memorials in Britain.