The Battle of Trafalgar, on 21 October 1805, ended the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's plans to invade England. Naval commander Horatio Lord Nelson led the British Navy to fight against French ...

Born on 29 September 1758 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson ... at Cape Trafalgar, saved Britain from threat of invasion by Napoleon, but it would be his last. Before the battle on ...

Admiral Nelson’s death has been commemorated in a monument on Trafalgar Square named after the battle (Getty Images) “Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the French Admiral most closely ...

Engraving from 1852, Photo and colour by D Walker trafalgar battle stock illustrations Vintage engraving of Horatio Nelson one of England's great national heros. The victor at Battle of Trafalgar, the ...

An engraved illustration image of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson the victor over Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Trafalgar in 18o5, from a vintage Victorian book dated 1884 that is no longer in ...

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 ...

But nearly 260 years after it was launched, Victory -- emblem of British maritime heritage and scene of naval hero Horatio ...

She fought against HMS Victory and 2 other ships during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson during the action. She sank in the storm that followed the battle ...

The column, which honors Admiral Horatio Nelson for his success at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, stands 16 feet tall. At its base, bronze panels detail some of Nelson's battles and the two ...

It was in the same year, 1801, that Nelson was promoted to Vice-Admiral. He is best known for the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), which prevented Napoleon from invading Britain, but his most famous battle ...