Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the ... Earlier that same year, Nelson was promoted to vice-admiral. Over the period 1794 to 1805, under Nelson's ...

The Abbey collection contains one of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson ... A bust of Henry V was purchased from the sale of Lord Nelson's effects and this was placed ...

Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, and was the sixth child of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife Catherine A brooch containing a lock of Lord Nelson's hair that was given to ...

1798-99 - Hospital ship for prisoners of war. 1803-05 - Flagship of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson. Blockades of Toulon and Cadiz. Battle of Trafalgar. 1808 - Flag of Admiral Saumarez. Operations in Baltic.

Vice-Admiral Martin Connell lays a wreath on the deck of HMS Victory where Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson was shot during the Battle of Trafalgar, during a ceremony to mark the 219th anniversary of ...

The event put into focus Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson and the Royal Navy sailors who fought Napoleon’s French fleet on October ...

The musket ball which killed Admiral Lord Nelson is to go on on display in his home county of Norfolk for the first time. The 15mm lead ball is mounted in a hinged sliver casket with remnants of ...

“It is an honour to be part of naval history by the laying of a wreath at the ceremony on Trafalgar Day at the monument ...

Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the naval dockyard was once the home of the British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as the headquarters of Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson from 1784 ...

The National Museum of the Royal Navy has launched a new digital series for Trafalgar Day - covering the life of Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. In the Nelson Gallery based in Portsmouth ...

Tonight the Royal Navy celebrates Trafalgar Night. Two hundred and nineteen years ago today, Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson decisively beat the combined French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar.