5.30pm French ship Achille blew up signalling the end ... of one of history's most enduring arguments - Admiral Lord Nelson's dying words. Robert Hilton was a 21-year-old surgeon's mate on ...
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.
Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. Instead, the British naval hero is claimed to have declared, “Thanks be to God, I ...
The first Royal Navy vessel to bear the name Agamemnon saw action at the Battle of Trafalgar and is remembered as Vice Admiral Lord Nelson's favorite ship. The remains of the original Nelson's ...
“Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the French Admiral most closely ... he was on an adjacent ship and would have picked up the story very near the event.” ...
Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have ... “Although Sievers was not present on the Victory, he was on an adjacent ship and would have picked up the story very near the event.” ...