Lord Nelson Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/lord-nelson/ Mechanically-minded travel Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:13:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson’s intimate letters on display for first time https://mechtraveller.com/2022/10/vice-admiral-lord-nelsons-intimate-letters-on-display-for-first-time/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/10/vice-admiral-lord-nelsons-intimate-letters-on-display-for-first-time/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:01:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=8152 It’s Trafalgar Day tomorrow (21 Oct) and the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) is revealing some of Lord Nelson’s letters in a temporary exhibition that will run till 16 April 2023. ‘Nelson In His Own Words: Treasures from the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation’ features rare & intimate letters and documents penned by Vice-Admiral Lord […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/10/vice-admiral-lord-nelsons-intimate-letters-on-display-for-first-time/feed/ 0 Where Nelson lost his arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife https://mechtraveller.com/2022/05/where-nelson-lost-his-arm-at-the-battle-of-santa-cruz-de-tenerife/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/05/where-nelson-lost-his-arm-at-the-battle-of-santa-cruz-de-tenerife/#comments Sat, 07 May 2022 10:23:36 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7429 “Do many English people know where Nelson lost his arm?” asked my guide, Darío. My kneejerk response was almost ‘Of course! Everyone knows it was here on Tenerife!’ But then it occurred to me… actually, hardly anyone knows it was at the battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797. Background to the Battle of […]

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