Another ship with the name took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when the Royal Navy defeated a French and Spanish fleet. Gavin Williamson, a Conservative former defence secretary ...

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 ...

More than 200 years after Lord Nelson’s famous victory over Napoleon’s fleet, a new “Battle ... naval clash. The lighthouse on Cape Trafalgar has withstood the winds on a promontory near ...

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.

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 ...