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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 British naval hero ... in which the Royal Navy triumphed over the combined forces of France and Spain. The official account states that Nelson's last words on his deathbed were 'kiss me ...
Nelson takes on the Spanish at the Battle of St Vincent.
THE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of ... warships in his 27 years in the Royal Navy, is sceptical that the service has lost its edge. British destroyers in the Red Sea have ...