Vice-Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte was a Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics led to multiple decisive Brit
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1799
The site of the rectory in Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, where Nelson was born in 1758
Captain Horatio Nelson, painted by John Francis Rigaud in 1781, with Fort San Juan—the scene of his most notable achievement till then—in the background.
Nelson's wife, Lady Nelson, formerly Frances "Fanny" Nisbet of the island of Nevis, West Indies.
Battle of the Nile
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The Battle of the Nile was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Aboukir Bay in Egypt between 1 and 3 August 1798. It was the climax of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, which had sta
The Destruction of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile George Arnald, 1827
François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers artist unknown, Palace of Versailles
Nelson's fleet bearing down on the French line of battle