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| About Nelson | All about Nelson his life, times, loves and battles. |
| Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson KB | The 1805 Clubs site which unusually is written as Nelsons own home page. |
| Battle
of Cape St. Vincent |
Details of one of Nelsons major victories on February 14th 1797 at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent. |
| Broadside | Broadside is a collection of pages describing life in Royal Navy in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the time of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. |
| Explosion | An award winning visitor experience for all the family on the shores of Portsmouth Harbour, Explosion! tells the story of naval warfare from the day of gunpowder to the Exocet |
| Frigate
Unicorn |
His Majesty's Frigate UNICORN, of 46 guns, was built for the Royal Navy in Chatham dockyard, and she was launched in 1824. You can still see the Unicorn in Dundee, Scotland. |
| HMS Trinocamlee | HMS Trincomalee is a Leda Class Frigate built for the British Admiralty in Bombay. She was launched in October 1817 and is the oldest British vessel afloat. You can visit her in Hartlepool, England. |
| HMS Victory - Official Royal Navy Website | The official website of HMS VICTORY which is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, and is still manned by Officers and Ratings of the Royal Navy. She is now the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief Naval Home Command and lies in No 2 Dry Dock at Portsmouth Naval Base, Portsmouth. England. She was of course Nelsons flagship at Trafalgar. |
Interactive Steels List of 1794 |
A new interactive historical database of British Royal Navy Ships of 1794 based on Steele's List. |
| Letters
and Dispatches of Lord Horation Nelson |
These on-line editions of Horatio Nelson's dispatches and letters are based directly on the original nineteenth century editions. |
| Maritime Britain | Maritime Britain - the online guide to maritime heritage facilities and organisations in the UK. Details of hundreds of museums, ships, shore side attractions and maritime bodies as well as providing a handy links page and an interesting almanac of notable historical events. |
| Nelson Galleries at the National Maritime Museum | Details of the galleries dedicated to Nelson at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. |
| Nelson Links Page | Links to many Nelson sites on the Web and lovingly dedicated to the Immortal Memory. |
| Nelson Society (Problem with finding correct link) | Home page of the Nelson Society. Within this website you will find the story of the life and times of Lord Nelson and those most closely associated with one of the greatest sea-officers in history. |
| Royal Naval Museum - Portsmouth | Located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, historic home of the Royal Navy, this is the Museum of Britain’s Senior Service. The new exhibitions include - Horatio Nelson: The Hero & The Man, The Sailing Navy and HMS Victory & the Battle of Trafalgar |
| SeaBritain 2005 | A national maritime celebration with events throughout 2005 and beyond, SeaBritain 2005 celebrates the ways in which the sea touches our lives. Whether you live in a coastal town, the most landlocked part of the country or somewhere in-between – everyone can get involved . At the heart of SeaBritain 2005 is the Trafalgar Festival , with year-round events to mark the 200th anniversary of Nelson's finest and last hour. |
| Search Station | Search Station is the first stage of the National Maritime Museum's exciting initiative to make its collections more accessible to the public. Search Station allows you to study the collections of the National Maritime Museum through thematically arranged highlights. There is a special section covering Nelson and his navy. |
| Senior Service (Problem with finding correct link) | Another UK based re-enactment group who cover the earlier 18th Century crew of HMS Centurion. Well worth a visit |
| Ships of the Old Navy - 1780-1840 | This site provides more information than the usual ship lists, which normally only mention launch date, dimensions and fate, by giving an anecdotal history of the vessel's voyages, actions and people. It covers the period from the late 18th century to about 1840 - the last half century of the sailing warship. The information was derived from contemporary sources and and is presented using the political, moral and social conventions of the time. |
| Society for Nautical Research | The Society for Nautical Research was founded in London in 1910 to foster the study of ships and seafaring throughout all ages and in all seas. |
| St
Vincent College HMS Victory Website |
Information on HMS Victory from St Vincents. |
| Trafalgar 200 | Battle of Trafalgar 200, a site dedicated to all the celebrations leading up to the 200th anniversary of Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson's victory against the combined fleets of France and Spain at the Battle of Trafalgar. |
| Trafalgar to Korea (British Battles 1805 - 9151) | On 21st September 2002 the UK Public Record Office is launching an exciting new on-line exhibition entitled Trafalgar to Korea: British Battles 1805-1951. It uses documents and other contemporary resources. |
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Trafalgar
Roll - Officers and People at Trafalgar |
This information has been compiled from a long list of the awards made to the seamen who fought in the various Royal Navy ships under the Command of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. |
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