FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 file photo, Sotheby's employees adjust a frame with a fragment of the Union Flag, which flew from HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, in London. Sotheby's ...

LORD Nelson’s HMS Victory is being restored — with oak from his old enemy France. British wood is not considered good enough to patch up the Royal Navy’s most famous vessel. Lord Nelson’s HMS Victory ...

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"I had the best view ever, I think, of the landings in Normandy." George Spencer, who was born in Nottinghamshire, was 18 years old when he stood at the top of the mast on HMS Nelson in June 1944. Now ...

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Below is my Grandfathers Service record from the war and an extract from a letter written by him to one of his grandsons. Unfortunatley my grandfather passed away in 1987. My grandfather was mobilised ...

A letter written by Lord Nelson while on his flagship HMS Victory has sold for £17,000 to a private buyer. The 1804 letter was written when Nelson was "attempting to lure the French and Spanish fleet ...

A letter written by Lord Nelson on his flagship HMS Victory - giving a "remarkable" insight into his naval tactics - is set to be sold at auction. The letter, dated 28 April 1804, was written when ...

Work has got under way to fell the oak trees being used to ensure traditional methods are maintained for renovations to Nelson's flagship HMS Victory. Three Scottish estates have donated 10 oak trees ...

The result was HMS Vanguard. Development of more powerful battleships began in the late 1930s when the British military believed it would be outnumbered by the combined German and Japanese battleship ...

LONDON (AP) — Sotheby’s auction house says a fragment of the red, white and blue “Victory Jack” flag that flew from Adm. Horatio Nelson’s flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar has sold for 297,000 ...