Admiral Nelson’s actual final words as he died at the Battle of Trafalgar finally ...
Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous last words may not have been “kiss me, Hardy,” according to a newly unearthed letter. Instead, ...
BBC2 年
Royal Navy's first female admiral takes command
A Jersey woman has became the Royal Navy's first female admiral. Jude Terry, 48, takes the helm as Director of People and Training and Naval Secretary after nearly 25 years' service. Rear Adm ...
Yahoo News5 天
Nelson’s last words were not ‘kiss me, Hardy’, letter claims
Admiral Lord Nelson’s final words were not “kiss me, Hardy”, an unearthed letter has claimed. The British naval hero is ...
London Review of Books18 天
When Britannia Ruled the Waves Ferdinand Mount: When Britannia Ruled the Waves
In fact, anyone in the know was well aware that the supposed British inferiority in naval armament was just as fictitious as the ‘missile gap’ that helped JFK to win in 1960. Admiral Jackie Fisher, ...
来自MSN14 天
Tables were turned on Vice-Admiral Graf von Spee at Battle of Falklands in December 1914
On November 1 1914 a Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock intercepted the German Pacific ...
Cambridge University Press2 年
The British Navy and Transnational Seafarers during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
The British Royal Navy of the French Wars (1793–1815) is an enduring national symbol, but we often overlook the tens of thousands of foreign seamen who contributed to its operations. Foreign Jack Tars ...