As the great naval hero lay dying on HMS Victory on October 21, 1805, he instructed Vice ... shot and killed by a French sniper at the Battle of Trafalgar after urging his men to 'do their duty'.

A letter written by Adm Lord Cuthbert Collingwood one year on from the Battle of Trafalgar is going up for auction. Born in ...

By 1805, France pretty much ruled Europe. But Britain ruled the waves. Boney wanted to invade Britain. To do that, he had to take control of the English Channel long enough to get his troops ...

The British naval hero was fatally shot in 1805 during the Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy triumphed over the combined forces of France and Spain. The official account states that ...

It took place in 1805 during the great Napoleonic Wars and pitted the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of Spain and France. In one of the most decisive engagements ever, the Royal ...

He joined the navy aged 12 ... at Cape Trafalgar, saved Britain from threat of invasion by Napoleon, but it would be his last. Before the battle on 21 October 1805, Nelson sent out the famous ...

Superior French ship design and military training helped to free America, but a revolution in naval tactics saw Admiral Nelson triumph at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Born in 1748 in Newcastle, Lord Collingwood took control of the British fleet during the Battle of Trafalgar after Adm Lord Nelson was killed on 21 October 1805. The letter is written to Adm ...

The Abbey collection contains one of the best likenesses of the great Admiral, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, who died at the battle of Trafalgar (off the south coast of Spain) on 21st October 1805. This ...