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Horatio Nelson brown plaque

Simon's Town, South Africa

Horatio Nelson brown plaque

Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson On 21 May 1776 Horatio Nelson, then a midshipman being invalided back to England from the East Indies, arrived in Simon's Bay aboard the H.M.S. Dolphin. The ship remained here for a month and it is probable that Nelson did come ashore during this period.

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