The note said Capt Bennett served on the HMS Tonnant, which was involved in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Mr Crowson said the boat played a "key role" in the historic battle.

The note said Capt Bennett served on the HMS Tonnant, which was involved in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Mr Crowson said the boat played a "key role" in the historic battle.

“According to historical accounts, HMS Tonnant, originally a French naval vessel known as Le Tonnant until captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, played a crucial role at ...

Among them was Jean Baptiste, 21, from Dunkirk, on HMS Tonnant, which itself started as a French warship, until its capture by the Royal Navy after the Battle of the Nile, and which captured the ...

Aboard the HMS Tonnant during the Battle of Baltimore, Francis Scott Key wrote his esteemed poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." The attorney and amateur poet was inspired by the sight of the ...

The backdrop of the song was the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812. Key had been sent to negotiate a prisoner release and boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant. During the ...

So on Sept. 3, 1814, Skinner and a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, who happened to be a close friend of the doctor’s, boarded the HMS Minden in Baltimore and set sail for the Tonnant.

Key had been sent to negotiate a prisoner release and boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant. During the negotiations with British Vice Adm. Alexander Cochrane, Key overheard the war plans.

“According to historical accounts, HMS Tonnant, originally a French naval vessel known as Le Tonnant until captured by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, played a crucial role at ...