At 11.45am, on Oct 21, 220 years ago, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson ordered the most famous military message ever sent to be ...

On This Day, 21 October 1805, Britain’s greatest ever naval hero proved conclusively that Britannia rules the waves… and died ...

BATTLE of Trafalgar naval hero Horatio Nelson treated his lover’s husband to three cases of red wine, a letter has revealed.

Nelson’s final words of “Kiss me, Hardy” might have given rise to generations of schoolboy sniggers, but his love triangle involving Lady Hamilton and her husband has perhaps made him into an unlikely ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. The letter, set to be auctioned, challenges the long-held official account, which has ...

Horatio Nelson was born in the quiet west Norfolk village of Burnham Thorpe on September 29 1758, one of 11 children born to Edmund and Catherine Nelson. Edmund was the Rector of All Saints Church in ...

A wreath was laid on Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory as part of the annual Trafalgar Day ceremony at Portsmouth.

When considering what makes for an effective leader, let us contrast the approaches of two famous admirals. On April 17, 1780, British Admiral George Rodney moved toward the French navy just off ...

Trafalgar Day is an annual celebration of British victory over the French and Spanish fleets by the Royal Navy in the 19th ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A letter by Admiral Horatio Nelson which shows the hero of Trafalgar was spoiling for a fight with his French rivals four days before the battle was sold by Sotheby's for more than ...

How Lord Nelson paid the wine bill of his mistress's husband: Philandering Battle of Trafalgar hero ordered 'three dozen of ...