The Royal Navy flagship, known for Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous victory against Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, ...

Careful and considerate work is continuing to conserve HMS Victory and restore the Royal Navy flagship to her former glory.

Sievers wrote from Gibraltar on October 27, 1805: 'Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the ... he was on an adjacent ship and would have picked up the story very near the event.' ...

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.

This was displayed originally in a case in St Andrew's chapel with a painted surround showing ships at sea (no longer displayed with ... A bust of Henry V was purchased from the sale of Lord Nelson's ...