Nelson: God of War (TRIH ep 516, part 3)
1797 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recount Horatio Nelson's rise to national fame at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (14 February 1797). They describe John Jervis's leadership, Nelson's audacious breach of formation to attack the Spanish flagship Santísima Trinidad, and Nelson's dramatic boarding and capture of San Nicolás and San José, juxtaposing glory with the carnage below decks.
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