abstract:HMS Nelson was a 126-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 July 1814 at Woolwich., but then laid up incomplete at Portsmouth until 1854, when work began with a view to commissioning her for service in the Crimean War, but this ended before much work had been done, and the ship returned to reserve.
While preparing forthe battle of Trafalgarin 1805, Britishadmiral Horatio Nelson, aboardHMSVictory, discussed his navy's prospects with his captain, Thomas Masterman Hardy.
In 1804, when an outbreak of yellow fever swept Gibraltar, ultimately causing almost 6, 000 deaths, Lord Nelson discharged Sir George from HMS Victory and appointed him superintendent of the territory's naval hospital.