Stone column, Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, RN, d. 1805
Location
Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of / The Right Honourable / Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte / Who terminated his career / Of naval glory / In the memorable battle of Trafalgar / On the 21st of Oct'r 1805 / After inculcating by signal / a maxim that can never be forgotten / By his country / England expects every man will do his duty. / This monumental pillar. / was erected by public subscription / On [sic] the inhabitants of Montreal / In the year 1809' [West side below relief of Trafalgar] 'On the 21st Oct'r 1805 the British fleet / of 27 sail of the line commanded by / the Right Honourable Admiral / Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte / Attacked off Trafalgar the combined fleet / of France and Spain / of 33 sail of the line commanded by / Admirals Villeneuve and Gravina / When the latter was defeated with the / loss 19 sail Captured / And destroyed. / In this memorable action his country / has to lament the loss of / her greatest naval hero / but not a single ship' [Harbour side] 'On the 2nd April 1801 a British fleet / of 10 sail of the / Line and two ships of 50 / Guns under the immediate command of / the Right Honourable Vice Admiral / Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte attacked the Danish / line moored for the / Defence of Copenhagen consisting / of 6 sail of the line and 11 large / Ship batteries besides bomb and gun / vessels supported by the ground / And land batteries when after a severe / contest of four hours the / Whole line of defence was sunk, taken / or destroyed without / The loss of a British ship' [East side] 'On the 1st and 2nd August 1798 / Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson K.B. / With a British fleet of 12 sail of the line / And a ship of 50 guns / Defeated in Aboukir Bay a French Fleet / of 13 sail of the line / And 4 frigates under Admiral Bruyers / Taking and destroying the whole / Except 2 sail of the line and 2 frigates / without the loss / of a British ship'
Details
Type: Column
Materials: Coade stone
Date Erected: 1809
Artists: Robert Mitchell, Joseph Panzetta
Event
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
People
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Alison Kelly 'Mrs Coade's stone' (Upton-upon-Severn, 1990); 'Alongside: Bulletin of the Friends of the Royal Naval Museum and HMS Victory' (Dec, 1998); Richard Walker 'Nelson Portraits' (Portsmouth, 1998) p. 189.