International Fleet Review 2005
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For a full list of ships present, see List of ships present at International Fleet Review, 2005. For the event of the same name in Sydney, Australia in 2013, see International Fleet Review 2013.
The International Fleet Review was the most recent Royal Navy review, continuing a tradition going back to the 15th century. It took place on 28 June 2005, as part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. For the celebrations to mark Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, instead of a Fleet Review such as marked that of Queen Victoria, there was a cavalcade of boats down the Thames.