Women in the RAN
Women serving in the RAN The subject of women serving in the armed forces has been contentious for centuries. Not long ago there were accusations that a USN female pilot […]
Month: August 2009
Nelson’s Gold Medals
Nelson’s gold medals Lord Nelson’s full title, at the time of his death, was Vice Admiral of the White, The Right Honourable Horatio, Viscount Nelson, Knight of the Most Honourable […]
Nelson and Villeneuve at Trafalgar: 1805
VADM Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre Villeneuve (1763-1806) Five years younger than Nelson, VADM Villeneuve commanded the combined French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. He was born into a Valensoles, […]
Nelson and VADM Gravina
VADM Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli (1756-1806) Compared with Villeneuve, about whom much has been written, his junior Spanish counterpart at Trafalgar, VADM Gravina, remains a brave but shadowy figure. […]
Nelson and de Brueys at Aboukir: 1798
VADM Francois Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers, Compte de Brueys (1753-1798) VADM de Brueys, commander of the French Fleet during Nelson’s Battle of the Nile in Aboukir Bay, was five years older […]
Nelson: FADM Jervis
FADM Viscount St Vincent, John Jervis KGCB (1735-1823) Born in Meaford, Staffordshire, the son of a barrister, John Jervis was given £20 by his father when he joined the navy […]
Nelson: VADM Collingwood
VADM Collingwood VADM Collingwood was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne some eight years before Nelson. His father was a prominent Northumberland merchant who encouraged his son to join the Royal Navy […]
Nelson: ADML Hood
ADML Samuel Viscount Hood (1724-1816) ADML Hood (painted by James Northcote about 1784.) Samuel Hood, the son of a vicar, joined the RN as a midshipman in 1741, at age […]
Nelson: Early RN years
Royal Navy: the early years Sociologists tend to argue that it is not so much the individual who changes history. Instead, it is the struggles of the masses and random […]
Nelson: Biography
Nelson: A brief biography Nelson, wearing two of his three gold medals. (A third gold medal was awarded posthumously. Painting by John Hoppner.) Born on 29 September 1758, to the […]