By Mick Graham-Smith In February 2016 this paper was presented to the Western Australian Chapter of the Naval Historical Society. They considered it of such merit that it should be ...
19th century wars
Letter: HMS Pickle
Trafalgar in a Pickle Some sharp eyed readers have queried the flags worn by HMS Pickle which featured on the cover of the September edition of this magazine. She displays ...
Address to Trafalgar Night Dinner
Book Review: The War for All the Oceans
Broke of the Shannon – Boston 1813
Book Review: Jack Aubrey triple pack
Jack Aubrey Commands – An Historical Companion to the Naval Work of Patrick O’Brian By Brian Lavery Patrick O’Brian’s Navy – The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World Richard O’Neill ...
Victory at Trafalgar – How the News was Delivered
“Amongst the year-long celebration and commemoration of Lord Nelson’s final triumphant battle, there was a timely re-enactment of the memorable voyage and overland journey undertaken by the officer entrusted with Vice ...
Ten facts about the Battle of Trafalgar
Ten facts about the Battle of Trafalgar: – The youngest sailor to fight at Trafalgar was just 8 years old. – The oldest was 68. – A woman called Jane ...
Rationale for the Battle of Trafalgar
Nelson’s Coat and the Bullet that Killed Him
Horatio Nelson’s “Trafalgar Coat”, the uniform he was wearing when he was shot, has been reunited with the French musket ball that passed through it and killed him in 1805. ...