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This is Epic History TV's guide to HMS Victory, one of the most famous warships in history, and flagship of Vice Admiral ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not ... “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.” ...

9, 1805, Lord Nelson ... Scharnhorst. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser reported that his victory north of Norway was due in large part to the daring attack and pursuit of the German ship by cruisers ...

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.

Nelson, fresh from chasing Villeneuve in the Caribbean, led the 27-ship fleet charge in HMS Victory, while Vice Admiral Collingwood sailed in Royal Sovereign. Battles at sea had until then been ...

The Abbey collection contains one of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, who died at the battle ... St Andrew's chapel with a painted surround showing ships at sea (no ...

The official handover ceremony was conducted on board the First Sea Lord’s flagship, HMS Victory, where the event was marked by the signing of the ‘Victory Book’ and the lowering and raising ...