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Why Britain’s longest-serving Royal Navy warship retired in the Middle East
Although officials did not explain why the Duke-class warship wasn’t brought home for decommissioning, there is speculation ...
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Lord Nelson's fateful words written just three days before his death at the Battle of Trafalgar
A previously unpublished letter by Admiral Lord Nelson sent three days before the Battle of Trafalgar has emerged 220 years on. The British naval hero is primed for action as he writes from on board ...
On board, preserved in a barrel of brandy and spirit of wine, was the body of the nation’s revered hero, Admiral Lord Nelson. In the following days, as Victory’s commander, Captain Thomas Masterman ...
This is Epic History's guide to HMS Victory, one of the most famous warships in history, and flagship of Vice Admiral Nelson at his decisive victory over the Franco-Spanish Combined Fleet at Trafalgar ...
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LONDON (Reuters) - He was blind in one eye after besieging a French port and missing his right arm from another 18th century naval scrap and now a newly discovered letter has shown just how much ...
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