The association of the word ‘immortal’ with Nelson is enshrined in the famous toast which is still drunk, immediately after the Loyal Toast, at Trafalgar Night dinners the world over. ...
Battle of Trafalgar
The Nelson Touch – a Trafalgar Day address
[Trafalgar Day Address 1997 to the Naval Officers’ Association, Western Australia, by Captain John Lancaster AM RAN (Ret’d)] Trafalgar Day provides the embodiment of what in our waning years, we may ...
The Bullet that Killed Nelson
With its spectacular front cover reproduction of the portrait of Vice-Admiral Viscount Lord Nelson K.B., the September issue of NAVAL HISTORICAL REVIEW was fascinating with its feature story about “The RAN ...
The True Story of Nelson’s Famous Signal
Nelson’s Signals on the Eve of Trafalgar
In this “Australia Remembers” year, it is fitting to reflect on the 190th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and what “might have been” if Lord Nelson had been defeated ...
Trafalgar Day – name the day
The Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. and Duke of Bronte Vice Admiral of the White Squadron and The Battle of Trafalgar, 2nd October, 1805 I first studied the ...