The sale takes place on July 9. It comes as the Union Jack flag that was flown at the front of HMS Royal Sovereign during the Battle of Trafalgar goes on sale at a separate auction.

The Royal Sovereign was repaired and returned to service after the Battle of Trafalgar, before being broken up in 1841, unlike the Victory, which was preserved by a wave of patriotic sentiment ...

Christie’s London head of books, Thomas Venning, makes the point: “Horatio Nelson is one of the great patriots and leaders of ...

Rare historic items from the Battle of Trafalgar and royal history are going under the hammer in Wiltshire.

A wooden foremast from HMS Victory featuring a hole punched into it by a cannon ball during the Battle of Trafalgar is to go on public display. The previously unseen piece is set to be one of the star ...

The courage of three women, possibly prostitutes, who nursed casualties on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, experiencing naval warfare at its most brutal, will be commemorated on 19 October ...

The last known surviving Union Jack to have been flown at the Battle of Trafalgar has sold to an American flag collector for 384,000 pounds ($636,300), more than 20 times its estimated price ...

What You Need to Know: The Royal Navy’s sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Agamemnon, has been moved from the Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow-in-Furness, preparing for ...

City officials on Tuesday unveiled a shortlist of six artworks competing to fill the "fourth plinth" in the square's northwest corner. Built in 1841 for an equestrian statue that was never ...

Summary: This article traces the evolution and significance of steel line-of-battleships from the 1880s, culminating in the revolutionary HMS Dreadnought of 1905, which epitomized naval dominance ...

The Trafalgar Tavern sitting alongside the River Thames in Greenwich, south-east London, is often hailed among the nation's most picturesque spots for a pint.

A letter written by Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson to Emma Hamilton from on board HMS Victory in May 1805, is on show at National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth ahead of Trafalgar Day (Andrew ...