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Where was Nelson born? How old was he when he first went to sea? What rank did he finally...

Grace Darling achieved fame for the rescue she made with her father when the Forfarshire was...

Coleridge's poem was probably inspired by a conversation with Wordsworth who had recently read...

Several Trafalgar veterans claimed to have shot the Frenchman who killed Nelson, but the most well...

Shelley was sailing from Leghorn to Spezia on 18 July 1822 when his boat 'Ariel' capsized...

The Sea Fencibles were volunteers commanded by serving or retired naval officers...

The carronade was a short heavy gun capable of firing a relatively heavy shot at short range. It...

Defoe's fictional hero was inspired by the story of Alexander Selkirk...

Recent research has concluded that Nelson was about 5'6" tall, an average height for the time.

Napoleon nearly became a sailor, but had to take a place instead at military school instead...

George Washington was destined for a Midshipman’s berth in the Royal Navy until his mother forbade...

Byng was convicted under the 12th Article of War for failing to 'do his utmost to take or destroy...

The identity of Matthew Walker is unknown but one plausible account is that he was a Tyneside...

C. S. Forester was inspired by his reading of the Naval Chronicle to create the fictional character...

The idea of forming a militia of Royal Dockyard workmen was first suggested in 1846 by Lord...