Horatio Nelson - Revision history

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PhilipN: Reverted edits by LiJack (talk) to last revision by Joaquín Martínez

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Reverted edits by LiJack (talk) to last revision by Joaquín Martínez

LiJack at 21:30, January 2, 2012

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Joaquín Martínez: /* Battle of Trafalgar */

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Battle of Trafalgar

Joaquín Martínez: /* Mediterranean */

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Joaquín Martínez: /* Mediterranean */

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 Vice-Admiral '''Horatio Nelson''' was the greatest admiral in British history, and victor in the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] which destroyed the French and Spanish fleets in 1805; this was also the battle in which he lost his life. A top  [[British]] naval commander during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] with [[France]], he key roles in the victories at the battles of the Nile (1798) and Copenhagen (1801).  He was also known for the scandal concerning his famous love affair with Lady [[Emma Hamilton]].

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 In 1783 he was back in England, and given the command of another frigate the following year.  Sailing again for the West Indies, he strictly enforced the Navigation Act, with the unfortunate result of making enemies of British authorities and merchant ship owners stationed in the Caribbean islands who had profited with the American trade that the Act had forbidden.  Vulnerable due to the experience there, as well as the lonliness of command, he made a port call on the island of Nevis in March, 1785, and met the widow Francis Nisbet and her young son Josiah.  He courted her for two years, and they married in March, 1787 on Nevis.
-Nelson returned with his bride to England and found himself without a ship’s appointment and on half pay, which continued for the next five years, possibly the result of prejudice related to his enforcement of the Navigation Act.  But by 1793 events in France would determine the Navy’s course of action: the Terror would run rampant, [[King]] [[Louis XVI]] would face the guillotine, and Nelson was given command of the 64-gun HMS ''Agamemnon''.
+Nelson returned with his bride to England and found himself without a ship's appointment and on half pay, which continued for the next five years, possibly the result of prejudice related to his enforcement of the Navigation Act.  But by 1793 events in France would determine the Navy's course of action: the Terror would run rampant, [[King]] [[Louis XVI]] would face the guillotine, and Nelson was given command of the 64-gun HMS ''Agamemnon''.
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-[[Image:Trafalgar1.JPG|thumb|200px|left|''Battle of Trafalgar'' by J.M.W. Turner, 1822-24.]]
+[[Image:Trafalgar1.JPG|thumb|200px|left|''Battle of Trafalgar'' by J.M.W. Turner, 1822–24.]]
 ==References==

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 In the [[Mediterranean]], he was tasked to fight a losing defense of British allies and interests in the French port of Toulon against revolutionaries who were in the act of changing France from a monarchy to a republic; among them was a young artillery officer named Napoleon Bonaparte.  Despite the loss, Nelson was content emotionally during the months spent there.  On board his ship was a well-trained crew, and amongst his crew was his son whom he had taken on board; waiting for both was a loving wife.  And it was during this time that Nelson changed from an enthusiastic young officer to a genius of a commander.  Some of his success in his mission was due to the British minister in Naples, Sir William Hamilton.
-Lord Hood had moved his base to Corsica after Toulon fell, and where Nelson and his crew went ashore to help capture Bastia and Calvi; a French shot ricocheted debris into his right eye, nearly losing it and rendering him blind there.  An upsurge in French successes caused the British to abandon their bases in the central Mediterranean and consolidate at Gibraltar and the Tagus.  Hood had earlier been replaced by two individuals, one of whom, Sir John Jervis, was a very experienced sailor who quickly recognized the command qualities possessed by Nelson.
+Lord Hood had moved his base to Corsica after Toulon fell, and where Nelson and his crew went ashore to help capture Bastia and Calvi; a French shot ricocheted debris into his right eye, nearly losing it and rendering him blind there.  An upsurge in French successes caused the British to abandon their bases in the central Mediterranean and consolidate at Gibraltar and the Tagus.  Hood had earlier been replaced by two individuals, one of whom, Sir John Jervis, was a very experienced [[sailor]] who quickly recognized the command qualities possessed by Nelson.
 == Battle of Trafalgar ==

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 In 1783 he was back in England, and given the command of another frigate the following year.  Sailing again for the West Indies, he strictly enforced the Navigation Act, with the unfortunate result of making enemies of British authorities and merchant ship owners stationed in the Caribbean islands who had profited with the American trade that the Act had forbidden.  Vulnerable due to the experience there, as well as the lonliness of command, he made a port call on the island of Nevis in March, 1785, and met the widow Francis Nisbet and her young son Josiah.  He courted her for two years, and they married in March, 1787 on Nevis.
-Nelson returned with his bride to England and found himself without a ship’s appointment and on half pay, which continued for the next five years, possibly the result of prejudice related to his enforcement of the Navigation Act].  But by 1793 events in France would determine the Navy’s course of action: the Terror would run rampant, [[King]] [[Louis XVI]] would face the guillotine, and Nelson was given command of the 64-gun HMS ''Agamemnon''.
+Nelson returned with his bride to England and found himself without a ship’s appointment and on half pay, which continued for the next five years, possibly the result of prejudice related to his enforcement of the Navigation Act.  But by 1793 events in France would determine the Navy’s course of action: the Terror would run rampant, [[King]] [[Louis XVI]] would face the guillotine, and Nelson was given command of the 64-gun HMS ''Agamemnon''.
 ==Mediterranean==

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	See: [[Battle of Trafalgar]]		See: [[Battle of Trafalgar]]

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		+	''"Thank God I have done my duty",'' were his last words.
		+	</blockquote>

	[[Image:Trafalgar1.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|left\|''Battle of Trafalgar'' by J.M.W. Turner, 1822-24.]]		[[Image:Trafalgar1.JPG\|thumb\|200px\|left\|''Battle of Trafalgar'' by J.M.W. Turner, 1822-24.]]

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	Lord Hood had moved his base to Corsica after Toulon fell, and where Nelson and his crew went ashore to help capture Bastia and Calvi; a French shot ricocheted debris into his right eye, nearly losing it and rendering him blind there. An upsurge in French successes caused the British to abandon their bases in the central Mediterranean and consolidate at Gibraltar and the Tagus. Hood had earlier been replaced by two individuals, one of whom, Sir John Jervis, was a very experienced sailor who quickly recognized the command qualities possessed by Nelson.		Lord Hood had moved his base to Corsica after Toulon fell, and where Nelson and his crew went ashore to help capture Bastia and Calvi; a French shot ricocheted debris into his right eye, nearly losing it and rendering him blind there. An upsurge in French successes caused the British to abandon their bases in the central Mediterranean and consolidate at Gibraltar and the Tagus. Hood had earlier been replaced by two individuals, one of whom, Sir John Jervis, was a very experienced sailor who quickly recognized the command qualities possessed by Nelson.

		+	== Battle of Trafalgar ==
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		+	See: [[Battle of Trafalgar]]

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	==Mediterranean==		==Mediterranean==
		+	[[File:H. W. Beechey Horatio Nelson.jpg\|thumb\|By [[Henry William Beechey]], 1800.]]
	In the [[Mediterranean]], he was tasked to fight a losing defense of British allies and interests in the French port of Toulon against revolutionaries who were in the act of changing France from a monarchy to a republic; among them was a young artillery officer named Napoleon Bonaparte. Despite the loss, Nelson was content emotionally during the months spent there. On board his ship was a well-trained crew, and amongst his crew was his son whom he had taken on board; waiting for both was a loving wife. And it was during this time that Nelson changed from an enthusiastic young officer to a genius of a commander. Some of his success in his mission was due to the British minister in Naples, Sir William Hamilton.		In the [[Mediterranean]], he was tasked to fight a losing defense of British allies and interests in the French port of Toulon against revolutionaries who were in the act of changing France from a monarchy to a republic; among them was a young artillery officer named Napoleon Bonaparte. Despite the loss, Nelson was content emotionally during the months spent there. On board his ship was a well-trained crew, and amongst his crew was his son whom he had taken on board; waiting for both was a loving wife. And it was during this time that Nelson changed from an enthusiastic young officer to a genius of a commander. Some of his success in his mission was due to the British minister in Naples, Sir William Hamilton.