Category: History - British
Every Englishman, we imagine, knows that the "VICTORY" was the ship which bore Lord Nelson's flag, and on board of which he received his death wound in the moment of triumph over the combined fleets of France and Spain, off Cape Trafalgar; but as very few are aware of her nume...
Every Englishman, we imagine, knows that the "VICTORY" was the ship which bore Lord Nelson's flag, and on board of which he received his death wound in the moment of triumph ove...
2. Part 2The very next day, while the enemy was thus thrown into disorder, the British fleet made its appearance in the Straits; and in the evening, four of the transports succeeded in g...
3. Part 3The Spanish fleet were much scattered and in no particular order, but some eight ships were considerably to leeward of the rest, leaving a distinct gap, which was, however, rapi...
4. Part 4{ _Belleisle_ Captain William Hargood. { _Revenge_ Captain Robert Moorsom. { _Mars_ Captain George Duff. { _Spartiate_ Captain Sir Francis Laforey, Bart. { _Defiance_ Captain Ph...
5. Part 5This was the last active service of this glorious old ship, though she was on the point of being sent to sea again in 1815, when no less than six Admirals, on applying for comma...