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Horatio Nelson was a 18th-century British royal navy officer. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte was a British Royal Navy officer whose leadership, grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Trafalgar Square is dedicated to him. Read more on Wikipedia →

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“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”
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