Meanwhile, the British navy has taken Toulon by the summer of 1793 through diplomatic means - its foothold in the ...
Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the sixth of the 11 children of a clergyman. He joined the navy aged 12, on a ship commanded by a maternal uncle.
Horatio Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory ... "require timber of a much higher grade than was originally used in the ship’s construction". He acknowledged that some have said Nelson "might have ...
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 ... This was displayed originally in a case ...
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 ...