The British naval hero was fatally shot during the Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy triumphed over the combined forces of France and Spain in 1805. His final moments aboard HMS Victory are ...

Tales that Lord Nelson's crew drank the brandy his body was preserved in were probably unture, Nick Ball said With the Battle of Trafalgar won but the country's great naval leader killed in action, ...

Their love affair was so intense, their passion for each other so risque, that even friends were scandalised. Lord Nelson and Emma Hamilton were obsessed with each other during their six-year roller ...

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

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Mr Ball said tales that Lord Nelson's sailors drank the brandy after bringing him home were probably not true. HMS Victory had several more years active service ahead of her. Afte ...

A village in Cornwall has marked the anniversary of the victory of the Battle of Trafalgar at the annual thanksgiving parade and service. Sailors from RNAS Culdrose and other organisations paraded ...

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Wind speeds and direction were logged by a second ship on a similar course on November 10th, the Arthur M. Anderson. There is ...