England Expects
On the 21st of October 1805, the most famous naval battle of the age of sail was about to begin. On board his flagship Victory, Vice...
The Battle of the Nile
At the end of 1942, the Allies won three victories in three different theatres. In the Pacific the US Navy turned back the remorseless...
Black Tars
In the heart of London is Trafalgar Square, where the figure of Nelson stands on top of his column and gazes out over the city’s traffic...
Samuel Pepys’s other great achievement
If Samuel Pepys came back to life, he would surely be delighted to find out that he was still famous three hundred years after his death....
The French Nelson
When British and French fleets met in battle during the 18th century, as a general rule, it was always the British that won. Not every...
