Speeding toward the centre of the line, HMS Victory found no space to break through as Villeneuve's flagship was being tightly followed - forcing Nelson to ram through at close quarters.

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's historic flagship from which he led the Royal Navy to victory over Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar is being rebuilt - using wood from France. More than two centuries after ...

Lord Nelson will be "spinning in his grave" after it was announced that his ship HMS Victory is being restored with oak from his old enemy France, it has been claimed. The 260-year-old ship that ...

Horatio Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, has been undergoing restoration by the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard. She led Britain to victory over the French in ...

LORD Nelson’s HMS Victory is being restored — with oak from his old enemy France. British wood is not considered good enough to patch up the Royal Navy’s most famous vessel. The move sparked ...

HMS Victory led the British fleet in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson was shot on board and died a hero. It is hoped its restoration will be finished by 2035.

DNA analysis sheds new light on the fate of the men in Sir John Franklin’s doomed Arctic voyage to explore the Northwest ...

MYSTERY surrounding human remains from the disastrous Franklin expedition in 1845 has been solved, with researchers revealing an unlucky lad was cannibalised. Scientists also identified the sailor ...

Scientists reveal the identity of a cannibalized captain from the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of 1845 to 1848 ...

A British submarine that vanished without a trace during World War 2 has been found in Greece ... The Submarine Family wrote: "HMS Trooper sailed from Beirut on 26 September 1943 to patrol ...

HMS Hawke was found by a team of divers around 130 kilometres east of Fraserburgh. It sank in October 1914. Groups of scientists have verified data over the years to identify the ship resting on ...

It was a decisive Japanese victory, and HMS Exeter was attempting to escape ... raiding since the start of the war in September. It was found and engaged off the River Plate estuary off the ...