Admiral Horatio Nelson. He died during the battle.
Admiral Lord Nelson.
Admiral Lord Nelson.
Lord Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) In October 1805 he destroyed the combined French and Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar. He was killed during the battle.
Horatio Nelson. There was actually 3 British Admirals at the Battle of Cape Trafalgar. The Commander in Chief was Vice Admiral of the White Lord Nelson who was killed during the action by a musket shot. The second in command was Vice Admiral of the Blue Cuthbert Collingwood who became Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean on Nelsons death. The third in command was Rear Admiral of the White the Earl of Northesk.
The Naval battle was off Cape Trafalgar. Nelson defeated a combined French/Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve. Nelson was killed, shot dead by a marksman.
The British navy end Napoleon's plan to invade Britain at Cape Trafalgar on Oct. 31, 1805, where the French - Spanish fleet under Adm. Pierre de Villeneuve was defeated by Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson.
Trafalgar
Cape Town was the last stop for the First Fleet.
The battle was the Battle of Trafalgar. It took place of the Cape of Trafalgar on the southwestern coast of Spain in 1805. Admiral Sir Lord Nelson defeated the combined Spanish and French navies. He was killed in the battle and shipped home in a cask of brandy.
On October 21, 1805 the British Fleet met and destroyed the combined French and Spanish Fleets off the Cape of Trafalgar on the Atlantic coast of southern Spain. Lord Vice Admiral Nelson was killed in the battle. His body was returned to England in a barrel of brandy. His flagship, HMS Victory, is on display in Portsmouth England. As a result of this battle Britain was to be the pre-eminent world Naval Power for the next 100 years.
suasage
Off the coast and southwest of Spain.