By early 1797, 38-year-old, Norfolk born Horatio Nelson had been in the Royal Navy for over 26 years. Within the Navy his reputation for dash and bravery was well established, although, to the general ...

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Nelson takes on the Spanish at the Battle of St Vincent.

On Jan. 16 a new Commanding Officer was appointed at 81 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Hampton Gray VC in Nelson. Command of ...

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's Caribbean Hellhole: An 18th-Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered Sam Willis explores how the Caribbean sugar islands were a kind of hell in Nelson's time. BBC Four ...

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 ...