In the early 1980s, John McKay wanted to build a model of the HMS Victory, Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of ...

Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the ... Earlier that same year, Nelson was promoted to vice-admiral. Over the period 1794 to 1805, under Nelson's ...

The British Navy—which was made great, according to one Winston Churchill, by “rum, sodomy and the lash”—led by Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined fleets of the Spaniards ...

A hotel that is believed to have once hosted Lord Nelson has said newly granted planning permission has saved it from closure ...

In March 1771,12-year-old Horatio Nelson received a letter from his uncle, Captain Maurice Suckling RN, directing him to report to his ship, ...

To them, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson was a once-in-a-lifetime hero, the man who at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 had turned the tide against Napoleon. But after Irish independence was won his ...

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 ...

Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the naval dockyard was once the home of the British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as the headquarters of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson from 1784 ...

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 ...

Flanked by the National Gallery, the square features two fountains, several busts and bronze lions at the base of Nelson's Column. The column, which honors Admiral Horatio Nelson for his success ...