On This Day, 21 October 1805, Britain’s greatest ever naval hero proved conclusively that Britannia rules the waves… and died ...

At 11.45am, on Oct 21, 220 years ago, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson ordered the most famous military message ever sent to be ...

A wreath was laid on Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory as part of the annual Trafalgar Day ceremony at Portsmouth.

Horatio Nelson was born in the quiet west Norfolk village of Burnham Thorpe on September 29 1758, one of 11 children born to Edmund and Catherine Nelson. Edmund was the Rector of All Saints Church in ...

BY DOUG FORD THE victory at Trafalgar over the French and Spanish fleets was so complete that it ended the threat of invasion. Napoleon turned his attention away from crossing the Channel and threw ...