[ NELSON ]

[ FIGHTING THE GUNS ON THE MAIN DECK, 1782. ]

[ THE BLOWING UP OF L'ORIENT DURING THE BATTLE OF THE NILE. ]

[ THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN, APRIL 2nd, 1801. (Note the British line ahead.) ]

[ The VICTORY. Nelson's Flagship at Trafalgar, launched in 1765, and still used as the flagship in Portsmouth Harbour. ]

[ TRAFALGAR. 21st October, 1805. ]

[ MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. (Reproduced by permission from the model at the Royal United Service Institution.) ]

[ THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE. ]

[ THE ROYAL WILLIAM. Canadian built; the first boat to cross any ocean steaming the whole way (1833), the first steamer in the world to fire a shot in action (May 5, 1836). ]

[ BATTLESHIP. ]