1st Sept 1814 Avon 18 taken by USS Wasp 22 off Ushant

2nd Sept 1800 Alexandria capitulates to Admiral Lord Keith in Foudroyant

3rd Sept 1806 Flying Fish and others capture the fort overlooking Batabano, Cuba, thereby taking six privateers at once

4th Sept 1804 USS Intrepid (Lt Somers) explodes during attack on Tripoli which then fails

5th Sept 1800 Malta surrenders; Capt Ball (one of Nelson’s band of brothers) appointed governor and was so loved by the people they wept in the streets when he died

5th Sept 1813 USS Enterprise takes HM brig Boxer off Maine

7th Sept 1807 Danish Fleet of 70 ships surrenders to Admiral Gambier, including 18 ships-of-the-line and 10 frigates

8th Sept 1811 Hotspur in furious action sinks 1 brig and drives 2 others on to the rocks off Cape Barfleur

10th Sept 1813 American Lake Squadron defeats British on Lake Erie

11th Sept 1793 Capt Nelson of Agamemnon meets Emma, Lady Hamilton for the first time

14th Sept 1805 Vice Admiral the Viscount Nelson sailed from Portsmouth for the last time - “I had their cheers before, now I have their hearts!”

14th Sept 1814 Rear Admiral Cochrane bombards Fort McHenry. During this action, on the deck of HMS Minden words are set to English drinking song ‘Anacreon’ which later becomes US national anthem (‘Star Spangled Banner’)

16th Sept 1795 Cape of Good Hope captured by Lord Keith

22nd Sept 1797 Mutineers deliver up Hermione to Spanish at La Guaira after murdering the sadistic Captain Pigot and officers.

29th Sept 1758 Horatio Nelson born at Burnham Thorpe rectory, Norfolk