LORD Nelson did not say “Kiss me, Hardy” as he died, says a newly found account of the Battle of Trafalgar. Instead he said ...

A new letter casts doubt over the commonly believed phrase Nelson is thought to have said in the moments before his death.

The 3,600-tonne ship featured in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory will be viewable by the public from below for the first time in 100 years thanks to a £35m ...

Naval hero said to have declared ‘thanks be to God, I have but lived this day and now I die content’ at Battle of Trafalgar ...

The fragment is believed to be from of one of two Union Jacks flown by Nelson’s flagship during the naval battle A piece of a flag believed to have flown from Nelson's HMS Victory during the ...

Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. Instead, ...

The claim is made by George Sievers, a master-at-arms on HMS Belleisle near Nelson’s HMS Victory. His account is part of a ­letter written six days after Nelson was killed by a French musket ...

Sievers, a master-at-arms on HMS Belleisle, is reported to have ... but twice. “Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the French Admiral most closely, during the heat of the action his Lordship ...

Sievers was a master-at-arms on HMS Belleisle, second in the line of one of the two British columns, and wrote to his landlord from Gibraltar on Oct 27 1805. “Lord Nelson in the Victory engaged the ...

Sailors honoured Trafalgar Day with their annual commemorations aboard HMS Victory. Personnel based in Portsmouth, joined by ...

The name is closely linked to the triumphant history of Admiral Nelson and the 19th century Royal Navy. Defence Procurement Minister James Cartlidge said: “HMS Agamemnon will play a vital role ...