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.

THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in ... near Russia’s Northern Fleet, his ships would venture to 12 nautical miles off the coast, the edge of Russian ...

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 ...

Young Horatio Nelson faces adventures and near-death experiences as England nears war. Show more It’s 1758 and Britain’s greatest naval commander has just been born. The young Horatio Nelson ...

But nearly 260 years after it was launched, Victory -- emblem of British maritime heritage and scene of naval hero Horatio ... ship re-rigged to return Victory to its previous glory. - Nelson ...