On This Day, 21 October 1805, Britain’s greatest ever naval hero proved conclusively that Britannia rules the waves… and died ...

Acres Engineering, based in Melbourne near Derby, has supplied its StrongHold Trestles to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to ...

For 800 years the city of Portsmouth built the ships of the English (and later, British) fleets. Today it is the home to, among other things, the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Ships representing ...

Trafalgar Day is an annual celebration of British victory over the French and Spanish fleets by the Royal Navy in the 19th Century. On 21 October 1805, Royal Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson ...

A Derbyshire engineering firm has contributed to the preservation of HMS Victory in what has been described as the most significant conservation programme in the ship's 250-year history.

American salvagers say they have discovered the long-sought wreck of HMS Victory, the mightiest and most technologically advanced warship of its time, which sank during a violent storm in the English ...

Tales that Lord Nelson's crew drank the brandy his body was preserved in were probably unture, Nick Ball said [] With the ...

Did you know that Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory, the oldest ship still commissioned by the Royal Navy, has traces of penicillin on board? Had the fungus’ life saving potential been discovered before ...

A 3D map is created of HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, to better understand how to conserve it in the future. Image caption, A £500,000 project to make a 3D map of HMS ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A British warship that sunk near the English Channel on Oct. 5, 1744 was discovered by a deep-sea ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to help preserve part of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory. Based in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard, the warship is undergoing a 10-year ...

09:57, Mon, Oct 14, 2024 Updated: 10:01, Mon, Oct 14, 2024 Lord Nelson will be "spinning in his grave" after it was announced that his ship HMS Victory is being restored with oak from his old enemy ...