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Okay, not ALL of the drawings in the 2010 reprint of "The 100 Gun Ship Victory" are poor-quality reprints. This illustration, showing a cross-section of the ship at the main mast and depicting all of the rigging associated with the mast, it's yards, and it's sails, is a prime example of John McKay's talent as a draughtsman.
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission.
(Text Wikipedia)
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission.
(Text Wikipedia)
Tiring by now, and didn’t find out what this was. The near lantern & glass panel (to prevent sparks) suggest it was where cartridges were filled. The lantern beyond the glass undermines this theory …
On Thursday, while the rest of the gang went to the Tower of London, which I'd just seen last time, I took a train to Portsmouth to see the Historic Dockyard. The Dockyard's star is the oldest commissioned naval ship in the world, the HMS Victory.
The William Rex -- originally the Prins Willem, but rechristened the Koning Willem upon Prince William of Orange's accession to the British throne -- was built just in time for the invasion of Britain in 1688. In this invasion, called the Glorious Revolution, 20,000 Dutch soldiers landed in Devon and marched on London. Resistance on behalf of the unpopular and Catholic King James II never materialized, and the revolution deposed him in favor of his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William, who was her first cousin and fourth in line to the throne in his own right.
This ship of the line also saw action in the Nine Years' War (between France under Louis XIV and the Grand Alliance of just about everybody else). According to threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=776, she had a length at the gundeck of 170 feet and carried a crew of 525, with 24-pounders on her main gundeck and a capacity of 92 guns total (more than in the model).
From the placard:
Model of the William Rex
Adrien de Vriend (?–1698)
Adriaen Davidsen
Cornelis Moesman
Wood, brass, iron, glass, rope, textile, 1698
This model shows the appearance of a Dutch warship in the late 17th century. It was made at the dockyards of Vlissingen (Flushing), where real warships were also built. These would have been more than twelve times larger than this model. This ship has 74 guns. The model was displayed in the council chamber of the Admiralty of Zeeland in Middelburg.
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission.
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HMS Victory undergoing restoration work at the Portsmouth dockyard, England.
Nikon F2A, Nikkor 35mm f/2 AI
Fujicolor C200
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission.
(Text Wikipedia)
HM Bark Endeavour photographed at Pyrmont Bay Wharf, Sydney by Joel Morin. No reproduction of any kind without prior written permission
"HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
"She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
"In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission."
Source: Wikipedia.
Click here for my photos of Burnham Thorpe.
Click here for my Nelson photos from the National Maritime Museum.
"HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
"She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
"In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission."
Source: Wikipedia.
Click here for my photos of Burnham Thorpe.
Click here for my Nelson photos from the National Maritime Museum.
"HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
"She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
"In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission."
Source: Wikipedia.
Click here for my photos of Burnham Thorpe.
Click here for my Nelson photos from the National Maritime Museum.
"HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
"She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
"In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission."
Source: Wikipedia.
Click here for my photos of Burnham Thorpe.
Click here for my Nelson photos from the National Maritime Museum.
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
She additionally served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she was relegated to the role of harbour ship.
In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission, with 242 years' service as of 2020.
(Text Wikipedia)
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.
She additionally served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she was relegated to the role of harbour ship.
In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission, with 242 years' service as of 2020.
(Text Wikipedia)
"HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
"She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
"In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission."
Source: Wikipedia.
Click here for my photos of Burnham Thorpe.
Click here for my Nelson photos from the National Maritime Museum.
Looking down on Monitor M33 with HMS Victory, with stumpy masts, in the background. Portsmouth, England.
Nikon F2A, Nikkor 35mm, f/2 AI
Fujicolor C200
One of the masts (I think it was the main-mast) of HMS Victory, silhouetted against the midday sun.
Inside the ship was a chunk of the mast used (and abused - you can see a big hole) during the battle of Trafalgar. Whilst the original masts for the ship were made from single tree trunks, this wasn't an option after the American Revolution so the replacement masts were composited together from several logs, bound with iron.
From the mast-head flies a white ensign.
"HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
"She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship.
"In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission."
Source: Wikipedia.
Click here for my photos of Burnham Thorpe.
Click here for my Nelson photos from the National Maritime Museum.