What is recorded here

This brass commemorative plaque records: On Saturday 14th. September 1805, Admiral Lord Nelson boarded HMS Victory lying anchor off St. Helens near to this spot. HMS Victory with HMS Euryalus in company, sailed the following morning, Sunday 15th. September, to join the Fleet off Cadiz prior to the Battle of Trafalgar. 21st. October 1805.

Admiral Viscount Sir Horatio Nelson was a British naval commander whose leadership and victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 secured British naval supremacy for over a century, though he died during the battle.

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