This original broadside for this song appears related to Brave Nelson (Roud 522). It was printed with the title Nelson's Death and Victory at some point in the 19th century with a curious mistake - the Battle of Trafalgar is described on August 21 rather than October 21. Here the first line is "Ye sons of Britain in chorus join and sing".
George Dunn sang his version of Nelson's Death and Victory on an eponymous album in 1971, correcting the date. This version introduces the repeated chorus "on board the man o' war". Peter Bellamy picked up the song for his 1982 Maritime England Suite, adding additional verses from Harry Cox's rendition of Nelson's Death.