Did you know that Captain Israel Pellew , brother of the more famous Sir Edward Pellew , sent his Captain of Marines to receive Admiral Villeneuve's surrender at the Battle of Trafalgar but in the heat of battle, Villeneuve's sword never reached him and it was later given to Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood who kept it much to Pellew's disgust?
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