– Editorial, by Huw Lewis-Jones (p.vi)
– The President's Dispatch, by Admiral Sir Jonathon Band (p.x)
– The Chairman's Dispatch, by Peter Warwick (p.xii)
– Notes on Nelson's Funeral, by Colin White (p.1)
– The War of 1812 and the Defence of British Floating Trade, by Andrew Lambert (p.12)
– Horatio Nelson, Weather Observer, by Dennis Wheeler (p.27)
– The Lost letters of Admiral Gardner, by Francis Davey (p.41)
– An Undiplomatic Diplomat: Charles Lock and Lord Nelson, by Anthony Twist (p.53)
– The Stormy Life and Strange Death of William Layman, by John Sugden (p.68)
– Captain Cook and the 'Experimental Gentlemen', by Glyn Williams (p.101)
– Family First: The Hilton Brothers at the Battle of Trafalgar, by Tony Beales (p.113)
– French Representations of Napoleon in the British Museum, by Charlotte Lepetoukha (p.129)
– 'If you're Reading this…': Lastr Letters Home from the Napoleonic Wars, by Sian Price (p.148)
– A Myth Too Many, by Peter Hore (p.158)
– Lord Nelson on the Mind: Navala Victories and Cultural Memory in Nova Scotia, by Keith Merce (p.171)
– The head Money Case of the Rayo, by Mark West (p.192)
– Manning and Training the british Fleet before the Glorious First of June, by Sam Willis (p.208)
– The Literary Assassins, by Jacqui Livesey (p.219)
– Flaxman's Monument to Nelson, by Philip Ward-Jackson (p.234)
– In Nelson's Wake: Sailing a Wooden Boat to Nelsonoya, by Will Stirling (p.248)
– Sailing on the S,amm Screen: The Royal navy on Television, 1973-2011, by Jonathan Rayner (p.258)
– Nelson Now: A Question of Relevance, by Joseph F.Callo (p.274)
– The Colin White Leadership Lecture, 2011, by Peter Warwick (p.281)
– Punishment in the french Wars: The Cecil Isaacson Lecture, 2012, by John Dacam (p.293)
– Contributors Biographies (p.302)
– Notes for Contributors (p.307)