Tales that Lord Nelson's crew drank the brandy his body was preserved in were probably unture, Nick Ball said [Getty Images] With the Battle of Trafalgar won but the country's great naval leader ...

At 11.45am, on Oct 21, 220 years ago, Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson ordered the most famous military message ever sent to be ...

Reflective Royal Navy sailors conducted a glorious ceremony to remember the 220th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Mr Ball said tales that Lord Nelson's sailors drank the brandy after bringing him home were probably not true. HMS Victory had several more years active service ahead of her. Afte ...