Happy Trafalgar Day to one and all. A day for the people of Britain to celebrate one of our greatest national heroes and human icons, the finest sailor who ever lived and the vanquisher of the combined French & Spanish fleets at Trafalgar on this day in 1805, the most significant of his naval triumphs, which also included famous victories at the Nile, Copenhagen & Cape St Vincent. The immortal Horatio Nelson, who tragically died on the decks of his flagship HMS Victory at the end of a French sniper's bullet, just as victory was in sight at the Battle of Trafalgar.