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Nelson Horatio
(1758—1805)
Joining the Royal Navy at the age of 12, Horatio Nelson was to rise through the ranks of British sailors and enjoy being one of the greatest and most loved people of his time. His early years of service were in the West Indies but in 1793 took the helm of HMS Agamemnon patrolling the Mediterranean. He lost the use of his right eye after it became damaged by sand at Calvi, but continued his meteoric rise to commodore after a successful two-year campaign disrupting enemy traders off the French and Ligurian coasts. Knighted in 1797 after Cape St Vincent, the now Rear Admiral Nelson lost his right arm following an attack on a Spanish ship at Santa Cruz. A year later he was blockading the city of Toulon when a certain General Napoleon Bonaparte managed to avoid his net and sailed off towards Egypt, only to have the angry British commander finally catch the fleet at the Nile. The following battle between Nelson, on the Vanguard, and Admiral Brueys D'Aigalliers, on the l'Orient, ended when the 120-gun French flagship exploded after sustained attacks from numerous British ships. Nelson's star was now firmly shooting high and the victory of the Nile gained him a baroncy. In 1801, Nelson won the battle of Copenhagen and, after several years of peace between France and Britain, renewed his maritime campaign against them. On 21 October, Nelson caught a combined French-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar that had earlier evaded his attempts to catch them. Using a new tactic to split the numerically superior 33 enemy vessels, Nelson ordered his ships to slice through the French in two lines of vessels. It would then be a chance for the elite British to bring their superior training to bear. The plan worked brilliantly and the French and Spanish suffered horrendous losses. Eighteen enemy ships were lost and more than 14,000 men. Nelson's force did not lose a ship, but suffered 1500 casualties - including its commander. Famed for his ostentatious uniform that was highly recognisable, Nelson was spotted on the Victory by an enemy sharpshooter and was shot through the spine during the height of the battle. Mortally wounded, he was taken below - so as not to discourage his men - and died several hours later having learnt of his great victory. Few commanders have ever been as adored as Nelson and, despite a highly public love affair with Lady Emma Hamilton that upset higher society, he was a champion of the public.
Ajman, 1973, HMS «Victory»
Ajman, 1973, HMS «Victory»
Alderney, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Alderney, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Alderney, 2005, Death of admiral Nelson
Anguilla, 1971, HMS «Agamemnon»
Anguilla, 1980, Nelson's Column
Anguilla, 1981, Nelson's Dockyard
Anguilla, 1981, Nelson's Ships
Anguilla, 1981, HMS «Victory» leaving the Channel
Anguilla, 1981, Battle of Trafalgar
Anguilla, 1981, Lord Nelson
Antigua, 1932, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1932, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1932, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1932, HMS «Victory»
Antigua, 1932, HMS «Victory»
Antigua, 1932, HMS «Victory»
Antigua, 1938, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1938, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1938, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1938, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1953/1956, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1953/1956, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1953/1956, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1953/1956, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1961, Admiral Lord Nelson
Antigua, 1961, Admiral Lord Nelson
Antigua, 1966/1969, Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua, 1970, Admiral Lord Nelson
Antigua, 1970, Nelson, HMS «Victory»
Antigua, 1975, Nelson's Dockyard in 1770
Antigua, 1975, Nelson, HMS «Boreas»
Antigua, 1975, Nelson's Dockyard in 1974
Antigua, 1975, Nelson's Dockyard in 1970
Antigua, 1996, HMS «Victory»
Antigua, 2005, The Hero of Trafalgar Nelson on Board the «Victory»
Ascension Island, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Ascension Island, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Ascension Island, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson and HMS «Ajax»
Ascension Island, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Ascension Island, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Bahamas, 2005, A pair of 1801 pattern Tower Sea Service Pistols
Bahamas, 2005, Royal Marine of 1805
Bahamas, 2005, Nelson's HMS «Boreas» in the Bahamas 1787
Bahamas, 2005, Death of admiral Nelson
Bahamas, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Bahamas, 2005, «Achille» surrendering to HMS «Polyphemus»
Barbados, 1906, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1906, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1906, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1906, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1906, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1906, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1906, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1950, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1953/1957, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1978, Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1985, Traffic Polisman near Nelson Monument
Barbados, 1990, Stamp of Barbados
Barbados, 1994, HMS «Victory»
Belize. Cayes of Belize, 1984, Trafalgar Sword
Bhutan, 1989, HMS «Victory»
British Indian Ocean Territory, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
British Indian Ocean Territory, 2005, HMS «Victory»
British Indian Ocean Territory, 2005, HMS «Victory»
British Indian Ocean Territory, 2005, Admiral Nelson
British Indian Ocean Territory, 2009, HMS «Victory»
Bulgaria, 1986, HMS «Victory»
Cambodge, 1997, HMS «Victory»
Cayman Islands, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Cayman Islands, 2005, HMS «Tonnant» tangles into the bow of the «Algesiras»
Cayman Islands, 2005, Flint Cannon Lock and Linstock
Cayman Islands, 2005, Boatswain's mate R.N
Cayman Islands, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Cayman Islands, 2005, HMS «Orion» in action against «Intrepide»
Central African Republic, 1981, Michel Pajot, admiral Nelson
Central African Republic, 2002, Admiral Nelson
Djibouti, 1981, Admiral Nelson and HMS «Victory»
Djibouti, 1981, Admiral Nelson and HMS «Victory»
Dominica, 2005, Nelson explane the plan of attack
Dominica, 2005, Nelson at Cape St. Vincent
Dominica, 2005, HMS «Agamemnon» battles with «Ca Ira»
Dominica, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Falkland Islands, 1988, Lloyd's Nelson Collection silver service
Falkland Islands, 2005, Wounded Nelson
Gambia, 1990, At Trafalgar Square
Gambia, 1998, HMS «Victory»
Gambia, 2001, HMS «Victory» off the Isle of Wight
Gambia, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Gambia, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Ghana, 2006, HMS «Victory»
Ghana, 2006, Death of Lord Nelson
Ghana, 2006, Nelson's flagships
Gibraltar, 1967, HMS «Victory»
Gibraltar, 1972, Royal Navy
Gibraltar, 1980, Horatio Nelson
Gibraltar, 1980, HMS «Victory»
Gibraltar, 1980, Admiral Lord Nelson
Gibraltar, 1980, HMS «Victory»
Gibraltar, 1998, Dog Nileus
Gibraltar, 1998, Admiral Lord Nelson
Gibraltar, 1998, Frances Nisbet, Lady Nelson
Gibraltar, 1998, HMS «Vanguard»
Gibraltar, 1998, Battle of the Nile
Gibraltar, 2000, HMS «Victory» into Gibraltar
Gibraltar, 2005, Soldier guarding Nelson's body
Gibraltar, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Gibraltar, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Gibraltar, 2005, Death of Nelson
Gibraltar, 2005, Death of Nelson
Gibraltar, 2008, HMS «Agamemnon»
Gibraltar, 2008, HMS «La Minerve»
Gibraltar, 2008, HMS «Captain»
Gibraltar, 2008, HMS «Vanguard»
Gibraltar, 2008, HMS «Amphion»
Gibraltar, 2008, HMS «Victory»
Gibraltar, 2008, Birtplace of Lord Nelson
Gibraltar, 2008, Lord Nelson
Great Britain, 1951, HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 1970, HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 1980, Montage of London Buildings, Nelson Column
Great Britain, 1982, Nelson, HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 1985, Death of Nelson, Napoleon III
Great Britain, 1990, Nelson Column
Great Britain, 1996, Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in «Lady Hamilton»
Great Britain, 1997, Nelson Column
Great Britain, 2005, Nelson wounded on Deck of HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Great Britain, 2005, Nelson's portrait
Great Britain, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Great Britain, 2009, Royal Marine, 1805
Great Britain, 2009, Royal Navy Admiral, 1795
Great Britain. Bardsey, 1980, Admiral Nelson
Great Britain. Eynhallow, 1978, HMS «Victory»
Great Britain. Eynhallow, 1978, HMS «Victory»
Grenada, 1996, HMS «Victory» and fall of Nelson
Grenada, 2005, Nelson; Napoleon; HMS «Victory»
Grenada, 2005, After the Battle of the Nile
Grenada Grenadines, 1995, Lion from Nelson's column
Grenada Grenadines, 2001, Wounded of Nelson
Guinea, 1998, HMS «Victory» leaving the Channel
Guinea, 2007, Nelson column
Guyana, 2005, Nelson wounded, 1797
Guyana, 2005, Burial of Nelson
Guyana, 2005, Nelson and Hardy
Guyana, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Isle of Man, 2000, John Quilliam and Lord Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar
Isle of Man, 2005, Battle of Nile; battle of Copenhagen
Isle of Man, 2005, Emma, Horatia and Nelson; Band of Brothers
Isle of Man, 2005, Prepare to the Battle; Victory in Sight
Isle of Man, 2005, Fall of Nelson
Isle of Man, 2005, John Quilliam and Lord Nelson; Steering HMS «Victory»
Isle of Man, 2005, Removial of Nelson's Body at Gibraltar
Jamaica, 2005, Gun Captain holding Pover Carridge
Jamaica, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Jamaica, 2005, British 12 pounder cannon
Jamaica, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Jamaica, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Jamaica, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Jersey, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Kiribati, 2005, HMS «Victory» lashed to «Redoubtable»
Kiribati, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Kiribati, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Kiribati, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Kiribati, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Korea Nord, 1981, Nelson Column
Laos, 1997, HMS «Victory»
Lesotho, 2005, HMS «Victory»; Nelson; Battle of Trafalgar
Lesotho, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Liberia, 1972, HMS «Victory»
Liberia, 2001, HMS «Victory»
Liberia, 2005, Nelson's Ships
Liberia, 2005, HMS «Victory» into Gibraltar
Liberia, 2005, Fall of Nelson
Madagaskar, 1975, Washington, falling of Nelson
Madagaskar, 1993, HMS «Victory»
Maldives, 2005, Collingwood; Napoleon; Nelson; Hardy
Maldives, 2005, Battle of Trafalgar
Marshall Islands, 1998, HMS «Victory»
Marshall Islands, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Marshall Islands, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Marshall Islands, 2008, HMS «Victory»
Micronesia, 2005, The Battle of Cape St Vincent
Micronesia, 2005, Death of admiral Nelson
Montserrat, 2005, Napoleon; Nelson; Battles of Nile and Trafalgar
Montserrat, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Nauru, 2005, «L'Aigle» in action against HMS «Defiance»
Nauru, 2005, French Eprouvette pistol
Nauru, 2005, «Santissimo Trinidad» in action against HMS «Africa»
Nauru, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Nauru, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Nauru, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Nauru, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Nevis, 1981, Nelson's Museum
Nevis, 1983, HMS «Boreas»
Nevis, 1983, Nelson, HMS «Boreas»
Nevis, 1987, Fig Tree Church
Nevis, 1987, Frances Nisbet
Nevis, 1987, HMS «Boreas»
Nevis, 1987, Captain Nelson
Nevis, 1993, Nelson's Museum
Nevis, 2005, Lord Howe on the Deck of the «Queen Charlotte»
Palau, 1990, HMS «Victory»
Palau, 2005, HMS «Victory» nearling home
Palau, 2005, Fall of Nelson
Papua, 1934, Nelson's Signal
Papua, 1934, Nelson's Signal
Paraguay, 1971, Battle of the Trafalgar
Paraguay, 1980, HMS «Victory» leaving the Channel
Sharjah, 1969, HMS «Victory»
Sharjah, 1969, HMS «Victory»
Sierra Leone, 1998, HMS «Victory»
Sierra Leone, 2005, Battle of Trafalgar
Solomon Islands, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Solomon Islands, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Solomon Islands, 2005, Thomas Hardy
Solomon Islands, 2005, The First Engagement
Solomon Islands, 2005, Breaking the Line
Solomon Islands, 2005, Death of admiral Nelson
Solomon Islands, 2005, Admiral Collingwood
Solomon Islands, 2005, Napoleon Bonaparte
Solomon Islands, 2005, The Destruction of The Bucentaure
Solomon Islands, 2005, Race and Chase
Solomon Islands, 2005, The Nelson Touch
Solomon Islands, 2005, The Nelson Touch
Solomon Islands, 2005, Nelson and Hardy on Deck
Solomon Islands, 2005, Nelson sends the signal
Solomon Islands, 2005, Attempted siege of HMS «Victory»
Solomon Islands, 2005, HMS «Victory» near Gibraltar
Solomon Islands, 2005, Funeral Procession on Thames
Solomon Islands, 2005, Nelson's Column
Solomon Islands, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Solomon Islands, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson; letter of Nelson
Solomon Islands, 2005, Nelson loses the sight of his eye
Solomon Islands, 2005, Nelson wounded at Tenerife, 24 July 1797
Solomon Islands, 2005, The Battle of Cape St Vincent
Solomon Islands, 2005, The Battle of the Nile
Solomon Islands, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Solomon Islands, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Spain, 1997, Naval defence of Tenerife
St. Helena Island, 2005, HMS «Victory»
St. Helena Island, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
St. Helena Island, 2005, HMS «Victory»
St. Helena Island, 2005, Admiral Nelson
St. Helena Island, 2007, Trafalgar Square
St. Kitts, 1980, HMS «Vanguard», ship of Nelson
St. Kitts, 1980, HMS «Boreas», 1787
St. Kitts, 2005, «San Jose»
St. Kitts, 2005, HMS «Victory»
St. Kitts-Nevis, 1963/1969, Nelson's Spring, Nevis
St. Kitts-Nevis, 1980, Nevis Lagoon
St. Kitts-Nevis, 1980, Fig Tree Church
St. Kitts-Nevis, 1980, Nisbet Plantation
St. Kitts-Nevis, 1980, Admiral Lord Nelson
St. Kitts-Nevis, 1980, Nelson Falling
St. Lucia, 2002, HMS «Victory»
St. Lucia, 2005, HMS «Thunderer» in action off Saint Lucia
St. Lucia, 2005, HMS «Britania» in action against the «Bucentaure»
St. Lucia, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
St. Lucia, 2005, HMS «Victory»
St. Vincent, 2004, Admiral Lord Nelson
St. Vincent, 2004, Nelson explaining to the officers the plan of attack
St. Vincent, 2004, HMS «Victory»
Tanzania, 1999, Nelson, HMS «Victory» at Trafalgar
Togo, 2000, HMS «Victory»
Tristan da Cunha, 1971, HMD «Victory»; Thomas Swain helping wounded Nelson
Tristan da Cunha, 2005, Nelson's Quadrant
Tristan da Cunha, 2005, Thomas Swain helping wounded Lord Nelson
Tristan da Cunha, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Tristan da Cunha, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Tristan da Cunha, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Tristan da Cunha, 2005, Admiral Nelson
Tristan da Cunha, 2006, Thomas Swain
Tristan da Cunha, 2010, Lord Nelson and HMS «Victory»
Turks & Caicos, 1980, Nelson's column
Turks & Caicos, 1983/1985, HMS «Boreas»
Turks & Caicos, 1985, Admiral Lord Nelson
Tuvalu, 2005, Battle of Trafalgar; Admiral Nelson
Upper Volta, 1976, HMS «Victory» at St. Vincent
Virgin Islands, 1970/1974, HMS «Boreas»
Virgin Islands, 1975, Figurhead from HMS «Boreas»
Virgin Islands, 1986, Nelson's Signal at Trafalgar
Virgin Islands, 2002, HMS «Boreas» and HMS «Solebay»
Virgin Islands, 2005, HMS «Boreas» on Virgin Islands in 1797
Virgin Islands, 2005, HMS «Victory»
Virgin Islands, 2005, Admiral Lord Nelson
Yemen (Kindom), 1970, Nelson's column
Yemen (Kindom), 1970, Nelson's Column
Alderney, 2005.05.09, 
Guernsey. Hat of Nelson
Barbados, 1996.05.25, Barbados. The Nelson Decade
Djibouti, 1981.07.06, Djibouti. Nelson
Gibraltar, 1980.08.20, Gibraltar. 175 anniversary of the death of Nelson
Gibraltar, 1998.08.01., Gibraltar. Nelson's Hat
Gibraltar, 2005.10.21, Gibraltar. HMS «Victory»
Gibraltar, 2008.03.15, Gibraltar. Nelson
Great Britain, London. Nelson's Column
Great Britain, London. Nelson's Column
Great Britain, London. Nelson's Column
Great Britain, Portsmouth. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 1980.04.09, London. Nelson's Column
Great Britain, 1982.06.16, Burnham Thorpe. Birthplace of Nelson
Great Britain, 1982.06.16, London. Nelson's Column
Great Britain, 1982.06.16, Portsmouth. Nelson
Great Britain, 1982.06.16, Yorkshire. Captain Cook's «Endeavour» salutes HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 1998.10.21, Greenwich. Nelson
Great Britain, 2001.10.22, London. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2001.10.22, Portsmouth. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.01.01, Portsmouth. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.06.21, Burnham Thorpe, King's Lynn. Nelson
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Birmingham, Nelson Road. Nelson
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, British Forces Postal Service 2885 Trafalgar. nelson's Signal
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Cape Trafalgar, Cadiz. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Chatham. HMS Victory Built at Chatham Naval Dockyard
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Edinburgh. «ENGLAND expects that every MAN will do his DUTY»
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hants. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Merton, London. Nelson
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Nelson (town in Lancashire). Nelson
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Portsmouth. 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Portsmouth. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Portsmouth. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Southsea, Hants. Nelson
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, The Trafalgar, Hythe, Southampton. Nelson
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Trafalgar Square London. Nelson
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Trafalgar Square, London. Helson's Column
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Trafalgar Square, London. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Victory Place, London. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2005.10.18, Victory Way, London. HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 2008.09.28, Burnham Thorpe. Birthplace of Nelson
Great Britain, 2008.09.28, Burnham Thorpe. Nelson
Great Britain, 2008.09.28, Burnham Thorpe. Nelson
Great Britain, 2008.09.28, Postal Service of British forces. Admiral Nelson
Isle of Man, 2001.04.02, Douglas. Admiral Lord Nelson
Isle of Man, 2005.01.09, Douglas. Admiral Lord Nelson
Isle of Man, 2005.02.01, Douglas. HMS «Victory»
Marshall Islands, 2005.10.21, Majuro. HMS «Victory»
St. Lucia, 1997.07.22, St. Lucia. Nelson's Decade
Gibraltar, 2008, 
Stamp with HMS «Victory»
Gibraltar, 2008, Stamp with HMS «Victory»
Great Britain, 1988, 
London, Nelson's Column
