In October 1805, French Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve led a Combined French and Spanish fleet of 33 ships from the Spanish port of Cadiz to face Nelson and Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood.

“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.” ...

He joined the navy aged 12, on a ship commanded by a maternal ... Earlier that same year, Nelson was promoted to vice-admiral. Over the period 1794 to 1805, under Nelson's leadership, the Royal ...

"It was the wreck that every wreck-finder wanted to find," says diver Richard Keen, who began searching in 1973 for Victory, the predecessor of Admiral Lord Nelson's more famous namesake ship.

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 ...

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 ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s final words were not “kiss me, Hardy”, an unearthed letter has claimed. The British naval hero is instead said to have declared “thanks be to God” as he died after being shot ...

Nelson was buried on 9th January 1806 at St Paul's cathedral ... This was displayed originally in a case in St Andrew's chapel with a painted surround showing ships at sea (no longer displayed with ...