Tag: Lord Nelson

• Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 08:50 UTC

  Astute class submarine HMS Agamemnon, a name closely linked to Admiral Nelson

  

  Britain's sixth of seven Astute-class submarines being built has officially been named Agamemnon at BAE Systems' Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. She takes her name from the ancient Greek king and is due to be launched later this year, ahead of being commissioned into the Royal Navy.

• Thursday, December 1st 2011 - 16:24 UTC

  Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory to be returned to her former glory

  

  HMS Victory, the world’s oldest commissioned warship, is to be returned to her former glory thanks to a 10-year restoration program, the Ministry of Defence announced Thursday. It will be the most extensive restoration of the 246 year old warship since she was repaired after the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 as Lord Nelson’s flagship.