The letter, dated 27 October 1805, also claims that Lord Nelson was shot not once as originally thought, but twice. “Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the French Admiral most closely ...
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 an officer who fought alongside him is to go under ...
The 3,600-tonne ship featured in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory will be viewable by the public from below for the first time in 100 years thanks to a £35m ...
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.