Discover when the Battle of Trafalgar started and how it ended the life of Horatio Nelson - one of Britain's greatest war heroes.

Britain celebrated one of its greatest naval victories on Tuesday but a descendant of Admiral Horatio Nelson said the Battle of Trafalgar was trying too hard not to offend historical enemies.

Original battle plans drawn by Admiral Horatio Nelson could start a bidding war worth £250,000 in New York. The plans detail Horatio's fleet to victory at Trafalgar in the early 1800s.

A Union flag which flew from the ship that led the British fleet into the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, the day of the victory and the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson, will be offered ...

How did Horatio Nelson die? Towns up and down the country will this weekend prepare for ceremonies that are taking place on the 214th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Not for nothing has Admiral Horatio Nelson’s message to his sailors before the first shots were fired – “England expects that every man will do his duty” – lodged itself so firmly in the ...

Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was not the only Nelson who fought at Trafalgar - there were nine Nelsons at the battle. One of his namesakes, John Nelson, deserted the Royal Navy in February the ...

Join us as the Daily Express live blogs about the Battle of Trafalgar, when Admiral Nelson took on the combined navies of France and Spain 219 years ago as if it were happening today.

HMS Victory is a ship best known as Horatio Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. Today, Victory is docked at Portsmouth and is the oldest commissioned warship in the world.