HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
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HMS Victory was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the dimensions of the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Portsmouth...
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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victory: English ship Victory (1569), a 42-gun ship, originally named Great Christopher, purchased by...
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crossfire as they approached the Franco-Spanish lines. Nelson's own HMS Victory led the front column and was almost knocked out of action. Nelson was...
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day, with Victory coming to the aid of the dismasted HMS Loyal London when that vessel caught fire in the midst of battle. Two of Victory's crew distinguished...
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Francisco on 23 Sept 1854 HMS Victory – 18th-century first rate ship of the line USS Constitution – 18th-century US Navy frigate HMS Unicorn – a surviving...
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in 2011 she was the second-oldest ship in Royal Navy service, after HMS Victory. She served as a static headquarters and training ship for the Royal...
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1854) was a Scottish nurse who was working aboard Vice-Admiral Nelson’s HMS Victory when he died in The Battle of Trafalgar. She tended to Nelson's body...
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immediately astern of Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory. During the battle Temeraire came to the rescue of the beleaguered Victory, and fought and captured two French...
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S2CID 162165859. "Service Life". HMS-Victory. 12 January 1922. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2009. "HMS Victory to be re-painted in...
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Trafalgar. The battle became one of Britain's greatest naval victories, but Nelson, aboard HMS Victory, was fatally wounded by a French sharpshooter. His body...
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in the Philippines Victory Motorcycles, an American motorcycle manufacturer Victory Records, an American record label HMS Victory, six Royal Navy ships...
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary and vessels operated by Serco Marine Services HMS Victory, Flagship of the First Sea Lord Vanguard (Vanguard class) Ambush (Astute...
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Flotilla. HMS Victory HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Prince of Wales HMS Daring – completing refit, scheduled to return to the fleet in 2024 HMS Dauntless HMS Diamond...
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HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...
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Portsmouth, the Mary Rose Trust, the Warrior Preservation Trust Ltd and the HMS Victory Preservation Company. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Ltd was created to...
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near HMS Victory. HMS M.33 is listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is now located at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, close to HMS Victory. She...
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HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior...
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flagship, HMS Victory (the world's oldest naval ship still in commission), and HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy's first ironclad warship. The former HMS Vernon...
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Nelson wrote to Atkinson personally asking him to serve as master in HMS Victory. They served together until Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar...
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Wars. He served as flag captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars...
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USS Constitution (section HMS Cyane and HMS Levant)
Lieutenant Commander John Scivier of the Royal Navy, commanding officer of HMS Victory, paid a visit to Constitution in November 2007, touring the local facilities...
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Furzer, and launched in 1675. She was renamed HMS Victory on 7 March 1691 after the old second rate Victory of 1666 was condemned by survey and taken to...
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commissioned ships (including submarines as well as one historic ship, HMS Victory) in the Royal Navy, plus 13 ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)...
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housed the French Naval Academy under the name Borda from 1864 to 1890. HMS Victory at drydock in Portsmouth Harbour, 2007 A contemporary diagram illustrating...
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission until 30 June 2019. A Trustee of the HMS Victory Preservation Company, his transport interests also include membership...
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HMS Bronington was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1953. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper was one of the last of the "wooden...
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HMS Neptune was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She served on a number of stations during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic...
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line launched as HMS Royal James in 1675. She was renamed HMS Victory in 1691, HMS Royal George in 1714 and HMS Victory again in 1715. HMS Royal George was...
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mounted another type of weapon in the same role, the obusier de vaisseau. HMS Victory used the two 68-pounder carronades which she carried on her forecastle...
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