What happened to Nelsons body after he died,was he just embalmed and sent home.?

Answer 1

Nelson's body was placed in a large cask of spirits, allegedly Pusser's Rum, to preserve it for the long voyage back to England.

In the heat of battle in those days, it was customary to throw the mortally wounded and the dead over the side. Captain Hardy had Nelson carried below where he expired three hours later with the knowledge that he had won a great victory at Trafalgar. Nineteen enemy ships had been sunk or captured; not a single British ship was lost.

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Answer 2

Admiral Lord Nelson's body was kept in a lead lined coffin [casket] on board HMS Victory, which had been filled with brandy to preserve the body.

By the time the coffin reached London, most of the brandy had been consumed by the sailors guarding Nelson.

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The Royal Navy White Ensign which was used to cover the coffin at the State Funeral at St Paul's Cathedral in London, was ripped up by the sailors who acted as coffin bearers.

One piece of this flag was sold recently at auction, it fetched a staggering £25,000 [twenty five thousand pounds]. Heaven knows what the whole flag would have been worth.

Only one sail survives from the Battle of Trafalgar of HMS Victory. It has the name VICTORY pained upon it and is kept at the HM Royal Navy Dock Yard Portsmouth.

If you want to stand next to Nelson, go to the Trafalgar Tavern at Greenwich in London and outside the pub you'll see the life sized statue of Nelson put up at around the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Nelson is buried in the Crypt of St. Paul's Cathdral in London.

Edit: Nelson's State Funeral was January 5-9 1806. You can find out more at www.portcities.org.uk and use their search slot to find Nelson.

Answer 3

His body was basically pickled in a cask of rum.
So that henceforth sailors have called rum Nelsons Blood.

The rum preserved his body until the ship docked and the surgeons could get to work on his remains.

Answer 4

.as someone early said the common or able sailor or any one who was not important was sewn into there hummock with a Cannon ball at there feet and thrown overboard with a service after the Battle if they lucky(in Battle they were just thrown over board). when they were sewn in the last stitch was through the noise to make sure they were dead Important admirals had lead lined coffins which they used for cots (beds) in Nelsons case he was preserved in brandy in casks

Answer 5

Nelson was not unceremoniously dumped into a barrel of spirit! A half barrel was nailed to the deck, and the coffin, bored with holes, was slid inside. The barrel was then filled with spirit, preserving the corpse. From then on in the Royal Navy, rum became known as ‘Nelson’s blood’.

Answer 6

St. Paul's Cathedral, the greatest of English Churches

Answer 7

they pickled him in rum but the sailors kept drinking it on the way home. So when he got home the coffin was almost dry. apparently this was the start of the naval phrase 'tapping the admiral' meaning having a drink.

Answer 8

He was preserved in a barrel of Brandy. His body is burried in Westminster Abbey

Answer 9

The story goes that he was put into a barrel of rum to preserve him and brought him hopme as he didn't want to be buried at sea.

Answer 10

I imagine so, although the pickled in rum thing may or may not be true... I think he is buried next to the Duke of Wellington