Battle damaged flag with compelling story of Admiral Lord Nelson's victory at Battle of Trafalgar is a £1-million auction ...

A unique Union Jack flag which was raised during the Battle of Trafalgar has emerged for sale for £450,000. It was displayed at the front of HMS Royal Sovereign which led one of the columns ...

Colin White, director of Trafalgar 200, which plans to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005, said: "When Nelson sent the signal using these flags he did so by a new technique ...

A flag with shrapnel from the Battle of Trafalgar has a compelling story to tell and is likely to sell for nearly £1 million.

On October 21, 1805, 27 British ships under Admiral Lord Nelson's command squared up to 33 French and Spanish vessels west of Cape Trafalgar, on the south-west coast of Spain.

During the engagement at Trafalgar, on 21 October 1805, the Royal Navy annihilated the greatest threat to British security for 200 years, but lost Britain's national hero in the process.