Such a Battle could not be fought without sustaining a great Loss of Men. I have not only to lament, in common with the
On This Day
On This Day – 6 November – Second Dispatch
The Commander in Chief in the Victory led the Weather Column, and the Royal Sovereign, which bore my Flag, the Lee. The Action began
On This Day – 6 November – First Dispatch
On Monday the 21st Instant, at Daylight, when Cape Trafalgar bore East by South, about Seven Leagues, the Enemy was discovered Six or Seven
On This Day – 6 November – The Origins of Pickle Night
For the five days since Nelson had died at the close of battle, Admiral Collingwood was in charge of the victorious but battered British
On This Day – 30 October – U559 and Enigma
It was her own demise that made her most famous. At about 05:00 on 30 October 1942, U-559 was spotted by a Royal Air
On This Day – 28 October – Formation of the Royal Marines
The ‘first official’ unit of English Naval Infantry, originally called the Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot and soon becoming known
On This Day – 21 October – Trafalgar Night
The Battle of Trafalgar is usually celebrated by commissioned officers of the Royal Navy by holding a Trafalgar Night dinner in the Officer’s Mess.
On This Day – 21 October – Nelsons Death
Shortly after 1315 on 21 October 1805, Hardy realised that Nelson was not by his side. He turned to see Nelson kneeling on the
On This Day – 21 October – England expects that every man will do his duty
“England expects that every man will do his duty” was a signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, from his flagship HMS
On This Day – 21 October – The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on the 21st of October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of