One of the most celebrated warships in British history is being repaired using wood from France. Horatio Nelson's flagship, ...

A memorial service marking the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar took place on Friday at the Trafalgar Cemetery. The battle took place on October 21, 1805, 219 years ago, with Admiral Lord ...

A former museum dedicated to Norfolk naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson is to be turned into a four-bed home and gallery after ...

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 ...

It’s been 173 years since Britain first competed in the America’s Cup. And in all that time, the greatest naval power the ...

The service will take place at the Nelson monument at Portsdown Hill on Monday (October 21). Annual commemorations, led by ...

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.

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 ...

Some English expressions are so peculiar that it’s nearly impossible to trace their origins without knowing the history behind them.

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 ...

Horatio Nelson was wearing a Lock bicorn when he died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The Mad Hatter is reputedly based on a Lock salesman — Lewis Carroll was a customer. More recently ...

Andover resident Mr. Sultan “Sid” Dajani has been honoured with the prestigious Freedom of the City of London, a distinction ...