At the height of the French Revolutionary War, a new alliance between France and Spain threatened to overturn British naval ...
The exposed pipes and low ceilings of their basement swayed Drs. Bob and Sue Jenkins: they could create an admiral's quarters in their Pill Hill home. They sailed with the idea of Horatio Nelson's ...
Trafalgar Day is an annual celebration of the Royal Navy victory over the French and Spanish fleets at the Battle of ...
Wells and Walsingham Railway is continuing its appeal for funds to get its locomotive - Norfolk Hero - back in service after facing delays.
A worrying development in the ongoing Battle of Trafalgar as reports suggest that Admiral Horatio Nelson has been shot by a ...
Capt. William G. Fluent operated the ‘Altonian’ ferryboat on the Alton riverfront for many years along the Mississippi River.
Welcome to October 21, a date that has witnessed remarkable events across history, shaping our world in countless ways. 1966: ...
On Oct. 21, 2014, Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide for shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The conviction was later upgraded to murder; Pistorius ...
Over 200 years after the Battle of Trafalgar, a memorial service has been held at the Trafalgar Cemetery in Gibraltar.
Sailors who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar were honoured at a ceremony in Portsmouth on the historic event’s anniversary.
Vice-Admiral Martin Connell lays a wreath on the deck of HMS Victory where Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson was shot during the ...
In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as “Old Ironsides,” was christened in Boston’s harbor.