“This seaman’s account from aboard the Belleisle provides a fascinating look at the Battle of Trafalgar, as well as an important early description of the death of Nelson. “The accepted ...

The Battle of Trafalgar, on 21 October 1805, ended the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's plans to invade England. Naval commander Horatio Lord Nelson led the British Navy to fight against French ...

Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson ... at Cape Trafalgar, saved Britain from threat of invasion by Napoleon, but it would be his last. Before the battle on ...

The Abbey collection contains one of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, who died at the battle of Trafalgar (off the south coast of Spain) on 21st October 1805. This ...

But nearly 260 years after it was launched, Victory -- emblem of British maritime heritage and scene of naval hero Horatio ...

She fought against HMS Victory and 2 other ships during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action. She sank in the storm that followed the battle ...

The column, which honors Admiral Horatio Nelson for his success at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, stands 16 feet tall. At its base, bronze panels detail some of Nelson's battles and the two ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in ...

The scene could not be more perfectly suited to the cataclysmic battle that would soon take place there, in which Horatio Nelson would guild his legend forever. Charged with leading a squadron of ...

This film takes a fresh look at the Battle of Trafalgar through the eyes of the HMS Victory's surgeon and his medical team that supported the brutal tactics leading to Nelson's victory over the ...

Admiral Nelson’s death has been commemorated in a monument on Trafalgar Square named after the battle (Getty Images) “Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the French Admiral most closely ...