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 ...

A naval hero was struck down in the Napoleonic War when Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson wound up on the receiving end of a musket ball. The ship was damaged and with no quick way of making it to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the ...