Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Nelson ya kasance tare da Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum na tsawon shekaru; ya yi yaƙi a "Agamemnon" a Yaƙin Genoa
a shekara ta 1795, ya taimaka wajen kayar da rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Spain a yakin Cape St Vincent a shekara ta 1797, kuma a shekara ta 1798 ya jagoranci rundunar jiragen ruwa na Birtaniya wanda ya hallaka rundunar jiragen ruwa na Faransa a yakin Nilu. A cikin 1800, yayin kewaye da Malta, ya sake haɗuwa da Perrée a Yaƙin Malta Convoy, wanda aka kashe Perrée a cikin aiki kuma Nelson ya kama jirginsa. Nelson da kansa ya mutu a yaƙi bayan shekara biyar a Yaƙin Trafalgar, inda aka halaka rundunar sojojin Faransa da na Spain. An tuna shi a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan kwamandojin sojan ruwa na Burtaniya.