Admiral Nelson’s Trafalgar Coat
Battle: Trafalgar
Where it can be seen: England’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, just north of London.
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During the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte made his way (with the French and the Spanish navies) to England with the plan to invade and conquer. But the British navy along the Cape of Trafalgar intervened.
Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson’s navy defeated Napoleon’s force, killing, wounding or capturing 15,000 of his men while losing only 458 of his own. Nelson himself was shot in the shoulder and killed. But he learned of England’s success before passing. Nelson’s wool coat, with the bullet hole and blood stains, can be seen in the museum.