"Hood replied that he would take careful soundings as he advanced to test the depth of the water, and that, ""If you will allow the honour of leading you into battle, I will keep the lead going."" Shortly afterwards, Nelson paused to speak with the brig HMS ""Mutine"", whose commander, Lieutenant Thomas Hardy, had seized some maritime pilots from a small Alexandrine vessel. As ""Vanguard"" came to a stop, the following ships slowed. This caused a gap to open up between ""Zealous"" and ""Goliath"" and the rest of the fleet. To counter this effect, Nelson ordered HMS ""Theseus"" under Captain"
"of the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the Crown granted him an augmentation of arms that may be blazoned ""on a chief wavy argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper"", the motto ""Palmam qui meruit ferat"" (""let him who has earned it, bear the palm"", Latin), and added to his supporters a palm branch in the hand of the sailor and the paw of the lion, and a ""tri-colored flag and staff in the mouth of the latter"". After Nelson's death, his older brother and"
"to Sicily via Asia Minor. Convinced that the French were going to Egypt he set sail once more for Alexandria. On the evening of 1 August 1798, half an hour before sunset, the Battle of the Nile began when Nelson attacked the French fleet which was moored in a strong line of battle in Aboukir Bay with gunboats, four frigates, and batteries on Aboukir Island to protect their flanks. was the leading ship and, followed by four others, she broke through the French line to anchor and fight from the shoreward side. ""Vanguard"" remained on the seaward side and soon"
"1798 he fought the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in Abu Qir Bay, Egypt and was given the title ""Baron of the Nile"". Nelson was noted for his considerable ability to inspire and bring out the best in his men, to the point that it gained a name ""The Nelson Touch"". His actions during these battles meant that before and after his death he was revered like few military figures have been throughout British history. Alexander Davidson was a contemporary and close friend of Nelson and is responsible for several acts that glorified Nelson's public image. These"
"is probably best known as the man who made Nelson a present of what would become his own coffin, after the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. Hallowell commanded , a 74-gun ship of the line, during the battle. ""Swiftsure"" engaged the French flagship ""L'Orient"" at close quarters and played a major role in her destruction. Some time later Hallowell sent Nelson a coffin Hallowell had ordered to be made from a salvaged piece of ""L'Orient""s mainmast, with an accompanying note: Nelson is said to have been pleased with the gift, keeping it propped against the wall of his"
"HMS Victory HMS ""Victory"" is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. She additionally served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she was relegated to the role of harbour ship. In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the"
"HMS Victory will benefit from a £35 million restoration project, utilising Scottish Elm trees as wood for the restoration project. Over the two centuries since ""Victory""s launch, numerous admirals have hoisted their flag on her: HMS Victory HMS ""Victory"" is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. She additionally served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape"
"family arms were altered to accommodate his naval victories. After the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, Nelson was dubbed a Knight of the Bath and granted heraldic supporters of a sailor and a lion. In honour of the Battle of the Nile in 1798, the Crown granted him an augmentation of arms that may be blazoned ""on a chief wavy Argent a palm tree between a disabled ship and a ruinous battery all issuant from waves of the sea all proper"", the motto ""Palmam qui meruit ferat"" (Latin for ""let him who has earned it, bear the palm""),"
"destroyed the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798. Afterwards, Nelson's flag captain, Edward Berry was sent home with dispatches and Hardy was promoted to captain of Nelson's flagship, , in his place on 2 October 1798. HMS ""Vanguard"" carried King Ferdinand IV and the British ambassador Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma from Naples to safety in Sicily in December 1798: Hardy did not altogether approve of Lady Hamilton who had once tried to intervene on behalf of a boat's crew – Hardy had the crew flogged twice, once for the original offence and"
"or destroyed. Nelson remained with the Mediterranean Fleet for several years; he fought in ""Agamemnon"" at the Battle of Genoa in 1795, was instrumental in the defeat of the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797, and in 1798 led the British fleet which destroyed the French Mediterranean Fleet at the Battle of the Nile. In 1800, during the Siege of Malta, he encountered Perrée again at the Battle of the Malta Convoy, in which Perrée was killed in action and his ship captured by Nelson. Nelson himself was killed in action five years later at"
"company, for I am well, and you may expect to be called for every hour'. On 12 December Berry was indeed married to his cousin, Louisa Forster, and a week later appointed as Flag Captain of . On 1 August 1798 the campaign culminated in the decisive Battle of the Nile, at Aboukir Bay. During this, Nelson was struck on the head by a piece of flying langrage and fell, bleeding heavily, only to be caught by Captain Berry, to whom he uttered the words ""I am killed. Remember me to my wife"". His wound was slight, however, and he"
"to fill the vacancy, his position being confirmed, thanks to his 'book time' in ""Europa"", in February 1798. Later that year, Hoste, still aboard ""HMS Theseus"", was at the Battle of the Nile. The Royal Navy fleet was outnumbered, at least in firepower, by the French fleet, which boasted the 118-gun ship-of-the-line ""L'Orient"", three 80-gun warships and nine of the popular 74-gun ships. The Royal Navy fleet in comparison had just thirteen 74-gun ships and one 50-gun fourth-rate. Nevertheless, the battle was a decisive victory for the British. Following the battle, Nelson sent his report to London, taking the precaution"
"Its fate is uncertain; Fallon records that it might have been melted down for cannon, but it had certainly been removed by 1805. On 21 October 1805, a Royal Naval fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeated the combined fleets of the French and Spanish navies in the Battle of Trafalgar. At the height of the battle Nelson was mortally wounded on board his flagship, ; by the time he died later that day, victory was assured. Nelson had been hailed in Dublin seven years earlier, after the Battle of the Nile, as defender of the Harp and Crown,"
"dispatched a squadron of five ships, including ""Emerald"" and commanded by Nelson in the 74-gun , to locate a large invasion fleet that had left Toulon. After receiving intelligence on 22 May, Nelson correctly predicted the French fleet's destination and set course for Alexandria where the British captured or destroyed all but two of the French ships at the Battle of the Nile, which occurred between 1–3 August 1798. ""Emerald"" missed the battle; having previously become separated from the rest of the squadron in a storm on 21 May, she arrived at Aboukir Bay on 12 August. When Nelson left"
"a squadron under the command of Captain Thomas Troubridge. They joined the squadron of Sir Horatio Nelson near Toulon, and subsequently defeated the French at the battle of the Nile in August 1798. During the battle ""Minotaur"" fought , and after her surrender she was taken possession of by Schomberg. Between November 1798 and October 1799 Schomberg, now the first lieutenant of ""Minotaur"", was employed on the coast of the Kingdom of Naples. In mid-1800 ""Minotaur"" served as the flagship of Lord Keith at the siege of Genoa. On 3 September 1800, under the command of Captain James Hillyar of"
"1798, mentioned in ""Master and Commander"". The Nile Medal is mentioned whenever Aubrey wears his dress uniform. The Battle of the Nile was a major turning point in the long wars between the United Kingdom and Napoleon's France, when dominance on the sea went to the United Kingdom. Horatio Nelson became a hero for his role in that 1798 battle. Aubrey is between twenty and thirty years old when the first story opens, a lieutenant passing time on the island of Minorca, at a musical performance. When he returns to his inn, his letter of promotion to master and commander"
"from Lorient to Île-d'Aix. In 1796, Thévenard led the naval division of Saint-Domingue, with his flag on ""Wattignies""; he was promoted to ""chef de division"" in the same year. In December, he took part in the Expédition d'Irlande. Thévenard commanded the 74-gun ""Aquilon"" at the battle of the Nile. Early in the battle he used the spring on his anchor cable to angle his broadside into a raking position across the bow of Nelson's flagship, HMS ""Vanguard"", which consequently suffered over 100 casualties, including Nelson, wounded by a piece of shot in the forehead. Thévenard was killed on the first"
"A specially-made chelengk was awarded to Horatio Nelson by Sultan Selim III in honour of the Battle of the Nile in 1798. This was the first time that a chelengk was conferred on a non-Ottoman. The usual seven rays were augmented to thirteen, as described in a contemporary letter: Nelson's chelengk was bought by the Society for Nautical Research in 1929 following a national appeal and placed in the National Maritime Museum from where it was stolen in 1951 and never recovered. Selim III also gave a chelengk to Russian Admiral Fyodor Ushakov after the capture of Corfu from the"
"Earl St. Vincent to dispatch a fleet of his own under Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson. Nelson tracked the French across the Mediterranean but was unable to discover the invasion fleet until after the troops were ashore. On 1 August 1798 Nelson attacked the French fleet anchored in Aboukir Bay near Alexandria. The ensuing Battle of the Nile was a crushing victory for Nelson: eleven of the 13 French ships of the line were captured or destroyed and Napoleon's army was trapped in Egypt. The destruction of the French fleet encouraged the allies to form a new coalition against the French"
"Nile Clumps The Nile Clumps are a series of tree clumps near Amesbury on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, purportedly planted to commemorate the Battle of the Nile. Between 1 and 3 August 1798 a British fleet, under Admiral Horatio Nelson, defeated a French fleet, under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, in Aboukir Bay, in the Battle of the Nile. The French fleet consisted of thirteen ships of the line and four frigates. Nelson had fourteen ships of the line. All but four of the French ships were destroyed or captured. No British ships were lost. After Nelson's death at the Battle"
"Jervis awaited an opportunity to return to the Sea, while his blockading squadrons under Nelson harassed the Spanish, including a failed assault on Cádiz in June, and the disastrous Battle of Santa Cruz in July at which Nelson lost an arm. It was not until the spring of 1798 and the attempt by a French army under Bonaparte to invade Egypt that a British fleet was able once more to enter the Mediterranean. In the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 a recovered Nelson tracked the French fleet and destroyed it at the Battle of the Nile, reasserting British naval supremacy in"
"naval victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 and in recognition of sixteen of the British Royal Navy's Admirals who had delivered significant victories in other major sea battles of the age around the globe to that date. The temple was dedicated by the Duchess of Beaufort, the daughter of Admiral Boscawen, one of those commemorated in the building. Nelson visited Monmouth in 1802, along with Lady Hamilton and her husband, Sir William Hamilton. They travelled on the River Wye from Ross-on-Wye to Monmouth, to be greeted by a cannonade and the band of the Monmouthshire Militia playing"
"crew's hammocks were ordered to be aired three times a week. In 1798, ""Theseus"" took part in the decisive Battle of the Nile, under the command of Captain Ralph Willett Miller. The Royal Navy fleet was outnumbered, at least in firepower, by the French fleet, which boasted the 118-gun ship-of-the-line ""L'Orient"", three 80-gun warships and nine of the popular 74-gun ships. The Royal Navy fleet in comparison had just thirteen 74-gun ships and one 50-gun fourth-rate. During the battle ""Theseus"", along with , assisted and , who were being attacked by a number of French warships. The French frigate ""Artemise"""
"of Alexandria. The Siege of Alexandria followed, with the city falling on 2 September 1801. ""L’Orient"", Napoleon's flagship, was destroyed by Nelson's fleet and lies in the bay on the sea bottom. It was carrying five million francs in gold and one million in silver plate taken from the Knights Hospitaller in Malta. Between 1998 and 1999, French archaeologist Franck Goddio led an expedition that carried out an underwater archaeological study of the wreck-site. Nelson's Island, also known as Aboukir Island, is a -long island in Abu Qir bay that is used for picnics and recreation. The island has been"
"I learned a lot. And if I had not been fired then, there would not have been a Vanguard."" Bogle arranged to start a new fund division at Wellington. He named it Vanguard, after Horatio Nelson's flagship at the Battle of the Nile, . Bogle chose this name after a dealer in antique prints left him a book about Great Britain's naval achievements that featured HMS ""Vanguard"". Wellington executives initially resisted the name, but narrowly approved it after Bogle mentioned that Vanguard funds would be listed alphabetically next to Wellington funds. The Wellington executives prohibited the fund from engaging in"
"Nelson, the newly refitted 74 gun , under Captain Edward Berry. On 8 May the ""Vanguard"", as part of a small squadron, left Gibraltar to re-establish a presence in the Mediterranean and to search for the French fleet. On 20 May, they were struck by a sudden gale in which the ""Vanguard"" lost her entire foremast assembly and both her main and mizzen topmasts. Despite the arrival of reinforcements, including ten ships of the line, on the 6 June; Nelson remained aboard the jury masted, ""Vanguard"". Therefore, Capel was serving as Nelson's signal lieutenant on 1 August 1798 when Nelson's"
"HMS Theseus (1786) HMS ""Theseus"" was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. One of the eight ""Culloden"" class ships designed by Thomas Slade, she was built at Perry, Blackwall Yard, London and launched on 25 September 1786. ""Theseus"" was the flagship of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet for the 1797 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Day to day command was vested in her flag captain Ralph Willett Miller. The British were soundly defeated and Nelson was wounded by a musket ball while aboard the ""Theseus"", precipitating the amputation of his right arm. Despite the"
"HMS Tonnant HMS ""Tonnant (French language: ""Thundering"") was an 80-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She had previously been the Tonnant"" of the French Navy and the lead ship of the ""Tonnant"" class. Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson captured her at Aboukir Bay off the coast of Egypt at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798. She was taken into British service as HMS ""Tonnant"". She went on to fight at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars. ""Tonnant"" was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane during most of the campaign in the"
"chaplain at Turin. The following day Hamilton was sworn of the Privy Council in 1791. For most of Hamilton's time as ambassador, Naples had been a political backwater. But when France declared war on Britain in 1793 events in Naples became more turbulent, and Hamilton's role became more important, just as his health was declining. Nelson's fleet arrived in the Bay of Naples after defeating the French Fleet at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and Nelson was a guest of the Hamiltons. At the end of the year the King and Queen abandoned Naples as the French"
"HMS Canopus (1798) HMS ""Canopus was an 84-gun third rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She had previously served with the French Navy as the ""Tonnant""-class Franklin"", but was captured after less than a year in service by the British fleet under Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Having served for less than six months for the French from her completion in March 1798 to her capture in August that year, she would eventually serve for 89 years for the British. Her career began as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Armand"
"the fleet. Both commanders would have seen the parallels of Macdonough's anchorage on Lake Champlain to that of the French under Vice Admiral Francois-Paul Brueys, opposing British Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, at the Battle of the Nile in Aboukir Bay on August 1, 1798. A study of Nelson's battles was part of the professional knowledge expected of naval commanders. But Macdonough did all that Brueys did not. He expected to take advantage of the prevailing winds on Lake Champlain that constrained Downie's axis of approach. ""Because nearly every circumstance that worked to Nelson's advantage proved disadvantageous to Downie, the"
"Point on the central Queensland coast was named after him. His 1745 apprentice John Henslow (later Sir John) also became Chief Surveyor to the Navy in 1784 and was the grandfather of Darwin's mentor John Henslow. Thomas Slade Sir Thomas Slade (1703/4–1771) was an English naval architect, most famous for designing HMS ""Victory"", Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Like many who rose to the pinnacle of the design of British sailing warships, Thomas Slade began as a shipwright in the Royal Dockyards. His uncle Benjamin Slade was Master Shipwright at Plymouth Dockyard (a master shipwright"
"having been launched on 21 October 1795. She was named after the folk hero William Tell. Flagship of Rear-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve she was one of the ships that accompanied Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys's fleet, carrying Napoleon Bonaparte and the French troops to invade Egypt. ""Guillaume Tell"" was anchored with Brueys's fleet in Aboukir Bay on 1 August, when they were discovered in the evening by a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson. Nelson ordered his fleet to attack immediately, with the British forces moving on the French van, doubling their line. Brueys was taken by surprise, having expected the British to"