On 21 October 1805, the Royal Navy clashed with the Combined French and Spanish fleet at Cape Trafalgar, off the coast of Spain. The battle had massive repercussions for Napoleon's France and the ...

But Britain had blockaded most of his ports with his ships in them. After a while, Napoleon gave up on invading Britain and his army headed east. On 19 October, Napoleon ordered Admiral Pierre ...

More than 200 years after Lord Nelson’s famous victory over Napoleon’s fleet, a new “Battle of Trafalgar” is raging over the future of the coastal headland that gave its name to the naval ...

HMS Victory has survived the cannonballs of Napoleon's navy, being rammed by another ... naval hero Horatio Nelson's death during the Battle of Trafalgar -- is facing another equally deadly ...