The Battle of Trafalgar by J. M. W. Turner, painted 1822. | | Career (UK) |
 | | Name: | HMS Victory | | Ordered: | 14 July 1758 | | Builder: | Chatham Dockyard | | Laid down: | 23 July 1759 | | Launched: | 7 May 1765 | | Commissioned: | 1778 | Honours and
awards: | Participated in: The Battle of Trafalgar by J. M. W. Turner (oil on canvas, 1822–1824) The painting combines events from several times during the battle. ...
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775[1] – 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style can be said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. ...
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| | Status: | Active, preserved | | General characteristics | | Displacement: | 3,500 tons (3,556 tonnes) | | Tons burthen: | 2142 tons (2176.4 tonnes) | | Length: | 186 ft (56.7 m) (gundeck),
227 ft 6 in (69.3 m) (overall) | | Beam: | 51 ft 10 in (15.8 m) | | Draught: | 28 ft 9 in (8.8 m) | | Depth of hold: | 21 ft 6 in (7 m) | | Sail plan: | Full rigged ship | | Propulsion: | Sails—6,510 sq yd (5440 m²) | | Speed: | 8 to 9 knots (15 to 17 km/h) maximum | | Complement: | Approximately 850 | | Armament: | Trafalgar: - Gundeck: 30 × 2.75 ton long pattern Blomefield 32 pounders (15 kg)
- Middle gundeck: 28 × 2.5 ton long 24 pounders (11 kg)
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 1.7 ton short 12 pounders (5 kg)
- Quarterdeck: 12 × 1.7 ton short 12 pounder (5 kg)
- Forecastle: 2 × medium 12 pounder (5 kg), 2 × 68 pounder (31 kg) carronade
Marines armed with muskets aloft | | Armour: | None, although oak hull thickness at waterline 2 ft (0.6 m) | | Notes: | Height from waterline to top of mainmast: 205 ft (62.5 m) | HMS Victory is a 104-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765. She is the oldest naval ship still in commission. She sits in dry dock in Portsmouth as a museum ship. The Battle of Ushant (or First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778 during the American War of Independence, fought between French and British fleets 100 miles west of Ushant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north-westernmost point of France. ...
The Second Battle of Ushant was a naval battle fought between French and British squadrons near Ushant on 12 December 1781 during the American War of Independence. ...
There are three Battles of Cape St Vincent The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 by Robert Cleveley, painted 1798, shows the end of the battle with the captured Spanish ship Salvador del Mundo in the right foreground. ...
Combatants United Kingdom First French Empire Kingdom of Spain Commanders Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson †Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve Strength 27 ships of the line and 6 others. ...
A long ton is the name used in the US for the unit called the ton in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements, as used (alongside the metric system) in the United Kingdom and to some extent in other Commonwealth countries. ...
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A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
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An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a square rigged sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged. ...
Muskets and bayonets aboard the frigate Grand Turk. ...
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Victory. ...
Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ...
U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with a fishing boat. ...
For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...
USS Wisconsin, one of three Iowa class battleships opened to the public as a museum, and was one of two Iowas maintained in the US Mothball fleet. ...
[edit] Construction In December 1758, the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a dry dock for the construction of a new 106-gun first-rate ship. This was an unusual occurrence at the time; during the whole of the 18th century only ten were constructed—the Royal Navy preferred smaller and more manoeuvrable ships and it was unusual for more than two to be in commission simultaneously. Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway in Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, and thus requiring added defences. ...
U.S. Navy submarine USS Greeneville in dry dock following collision with a fishing boat. ...
This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
The outline plans arrived in June 1759 and were based on HMS Royal George which had been launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1756. The Naval Architect to design the ship was Sir Thomas Slade who, at the time, was the appointed Surveyor of the Navy. HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. ...
Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard founded by King Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship Henri Grace a Dieu (Great Harry), the largest ship of its day. ...
Sir Thomas Slade was an English naval architect, most famous for designing the HMS Victory, Lord Nelsons flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. ...
The keel was laid on 23 July 1759 in the Old Single Dock (since renamed No. 2 Dock and now Victory Dock), and the name was finally chosen in October 1760. It was to commemorate the Annus Mirabilis or Year of Victories, of 1759. In that year of the Seven Years' War, land victories had been won at Quebec, Minden and naval battles had been won at Lagos and Quiberon Bay. There were some doubts whether this was a suitable name since the previous first-rate Victory had been lost with all on board in 1744. For other uses, see Keel (disambiguation). ...
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Combatants Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Great Britain and its American Colonies Electorate of Hanover Iroquois Confederacy Kingdom of Portugal Electorate of Brunswick Electorate of Hesse-Kassel Philippines Archduchy of Austria Kingdom of France Empire of Russia Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Spain Electorate of Saxony Kingdom of Naples and...
The term Battle of Quebec can mean: Battle of Quebec (1691) - British attack during King Williams War Battle of Quebec (1711) - British attack during Queen Annes War Battle of Quebec (1759) - British attack during Seven Years War Battle of Sainte-Foy - French attack during Seven Years War Battle...
Combatants Great Britain, Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia France Commanders Prince Ferdinand Louis Georges Érasme de Contades Strength 60,500 56,000 Casualties 2,800 10,000-11,000 The Battle of Minden was a battle fought on August 1, 1759 during the Seven Years War. ...
The French battleship Orient burns, 1 August 1798, during the Battle of the Nile A naval battle is a battle fought using ships or other waterborne vessels. ...
The naval Battle of Lagos took place on 19 August 1759 during the Seven Years War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal. ...
The naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St. ...
HMS Victory, 100, was a first-rate ship of the line of Britains Royal Navy. ...
Once the frame had been constructed it was normal to cover the ship up and leave it for several months to season. However, the end of the Seven Years' War meant that she remained in this condition for nearly three years, which helped her subsequent longevity. Work restarted in autumn 1763 and she was finally launched on 7 May 1765 having cost £63,176 and 3 shillings (present day £50 million) and used around 6000 trees, 90% of which were oak and the remainder elm, pine and fir. The term structural system in structural engineering refers to load-resisting sub-system of a structure. ...
The christening of the USCGC Mackinaw (WLBB-30) The ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. ...
is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1765 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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Species See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus Quercus (from Latin oak tree), and some related genera, notably Cyclobalanopsis and Lithocarpus. ...
Species See Elm species, varieties, cultivars and hybrids Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees making up the genus Ulmus, family Ulmaceae, found throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Siberia to Indonesia, Mexico to Japan. ...
For other uses, see Pine (disambiguation). ...
FIR may stand for: finite impulse response (a property of some digital filters) far infrared, i. ...
Because there was no immediate use for her she was placed in ordinary—in reserve having been roofed over, demasted and placed under general maintenance—moored in the River Medway for 13 years until France joined the American War of Independence. Rivers in Kent, showing the Medway. ...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
In March 1778 John Lindsay was appointed her very first captain, but he was transferred to captain HMS Prince George in May 1778 when Admiral the Honorable Augustus Keppel decided to raise his flag in Victory. She was commissioned in May 1778 under the command of Rear Admiral John Campbell (1st Captain) and Captain Jonathan Faulknor (2nd Captain), with the flag of Admiral Keppel. She was armed with smooth bore, cast iron cannon 30 × 32 and 42 pounders (15 and 19 kg), 30 × 24 pounders (11 kg), and 40 × 12 pounders (5 kg). Later she also carried two carronade guns, firing 68 lb (31 kg) round shot. Sir John Lindsay as a young naval officer, by Nathaniel Hone. ...
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Prince George. ...
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (25 April 1725 - 2 October 1786), was a British admiral who held sea commands during the Seven Years War and the War of American Independence. ...
The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ...
For other persons of the same name, see John Campbell. ...
Captain Jonathan Faulknor was one of a five-generation dynasty of Northamptonshire-born men who became Royal Navy officers in the 18th century. ...
Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon (alloys with less carbon are carbon steel by definition). ...
For other uses, see Cannon (disambiguation). ...
24-pounder carronade (140 mm) 68-pounder British naval carronade The carronade was a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, developed for the Royal Navy by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK used from the 1770s to the 1860s. ...
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[edit] First Battle of Ushant Keppel put to sea from Spithead on July 9, 1778, with a force of thirty ships of the line and, on July 23, sighted a French fleet of twenty-nine ships 100 miles (160 km) west of Ushant. The French Admiral, Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, who had orders to avoid battle, was cut off from Brest but retained the weather gage. Two of his ships escaped into port leaving him with twenty-seven. The two fleets manoeuvred during shifting winds and a heavy rain squall until a battle became inevitable with the British more or less in column and the French in some confusion. However, the French managed to pass along the British line with their most advanced ships. At about a quarter to twelve Victory opened fire on the Bretagne of 110 guns, which was being followed by the Ville de Paris of 90 guns. The British van escaped with little loss but Sir Hugh Palliser's rear division suffered considerably. Keppel made the signal to follow the French but Palliser did not conform and the action was not resumed. Keppel was court martialled and cleared and Palliser criticised by an inquiry before the affair turned into a party political squabble. Categories: UK geography stubs ...
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Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
is the 204th day of the year (205th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ushant (in French Ouessant, in Breton Enez Eusa) is an island in the English Channel which marks the north-westernmost point of European France. ...
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Brest is a city in Brittany, or the Bretagne région, north-west France, sous-préfecture of the Finistère département. ...
To have the weather gauge describes the favorable position of a sailing vessel relative to another with respect to the wind. ...
The Battle of Ushant (or First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778 during the American War of Independence, fought between French and British fleets 100 miles west of Ushant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north-westernmost point of France. ...
The Bretagne was a large three-decker French ship of the line that became famous as the flagship of the Brest Fleet during the American War of Independence. ...
The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782: surrender of the Ville de Paris by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1783, shows Hoods Barfleur, centre, attacking the French flagship Ville de Paris, right. ...
Sir Hugh Palliser (22 February 1722 or 1723 – 19 March 1796) was a British naval officer and the Governor of Newfoundland (a Commodore-Governor) from 1764 – 1768. ...
In March 1780 the hull below the waterline was sheathed with 3,923 sheets of copper to protect it against shipworm. Copper sheathing was the practise of protecting the under-water hull of a ship or boat through the use of copper plates affixed to the outside of the hull. ...
Genera Kuphus Bactronophorus Neoteredo Dicyathifer Teredothyra Teredora Psiloteredo Uperotus Lyrodus Teredo Nototeredo Spathoteredo Nausitoria Bankia … Shipworms are not in fact worms at all, but rather a group of marine mollusc (Eulamellibranchiata) in the family Teredinidae. ...
[edit] Second Battle of Ushant On December 2, 1781, Victory, now commanded by Captain Henry Cromwell and bearing the flag of Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, sailed with eleven other ships of the line, a 50-gun fourth-rate, and five frigates, to intercept a French convoy that sailed from Brest on December 10. Ignorant of the fact that the convoy was protected by twenty-one ships of the line under the command of Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, Kempenfelt ordered a chase when they were sighted on December 12 and began the Second Battle of Ushant. When he noted the French superiority he contented himself with capturing fifteen sail of the convoy. The French were dispersed in a gale and forced to return home. is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Richard Kempenfelt (1718 - August 1782) was a British rear-admiral. ...
This is one of six ratings (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th) in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...
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Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen (June 21, 1712 – January 13, 1790), French admiral, entered the navy in 1730 as garde de la Marine, the first rank in the corps of royal officers. ...
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The Second Battle of Ushant was a naval battle fought between French and British squadrons near Ushant on 12 December 1781 during the American War of Independence. ...
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[edit] Battle of Cape St. Vincent In 1796 Captain Robert Calder (First Captain) and Captain George Grey (Second Captain) commanded Victory under Admiral Sir John Jervis's flag. Sir John Jervis sailed from the Tagus on January 18, 1797, and after being reinforced on February 6 by five ships from England, his fleet consisted of fifteen sail of the line and six frigates. On February 14, the Portuguese frigate Carlotta, commanded by a Scotsman named Campbell with a Portuguese commission, brought news that a Spanish fleet was close. Jervis manoeuvred to intercept, and the Battle of Cape St Vincent was joined. Principe de Asturias, leading the Spanish leeward division, tried to break through the British line ahead or astern of Victory but that ship poured such a tremendous fire into her, followed by several raking broadsides, that the whole Spanish division wore round and bore up. Horatio Nelson, in HMS Captain (primarily), also played a decisive role in this action. Portrait of Robert Calder by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1797 Admiral Robert Calder ( 1745– 1 September 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. ...
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735-14 March 1823) was an admiral in the British Royal Navy. ...
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Combatants Great Britain Spain Commanders John Jervis José de Córdoba Strength 15 ships of the line 24 ships of the line Casualties 73 dead 327 wounded Four ships captured 250 dead 550 wounded The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent took place on 14 February 1797, near Cape St. ...
Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2003) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 12th 1 056 789 2,5% 99,65/km² Demonym – English – Spanish Asturian asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO...
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, a decisive British victory in the war, during which he lost his life. ...
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[edit] Reconstruction In February 1798, Victory was stationed at Chatham under the command of Lieutenant J. Rickman. On 8 December, unfit for service as a warship, she was ordered to be converted to a hospital ship to hold wounded French and Spanish prisoners of war. In 1799, Rickman was relieved by Lieutenant J. Busbridge. Chatham is an English town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway to the east of London in the county of Kent. ...
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USNS Comfort takes on supplies at Mayport, FL enroute to Gulf Coast. ...
Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...
However on 8 October 1799 HMS Impregnable was lost off Chichester, having run aground on her way back to Portsmouth after escorting a convoy to Lisbon. She could not be refloated and so was stripped and dismantled. Consequently, now short of a first rate, the Admiralty decided to recondition Victory. Work started in 1800 but as it proceeded an increasing number of defects were found and the repairs developed into a very extensive reconstruction. The original estimate was £23,500 but the final cost was £70,933. is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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For the larger local government district, see Chichester (district). ...
For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...
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Flag of the Lord High Admiral The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
Extra gun ports were added, taking her from 100 guns to 104, and her magazine lined with copper. Her figurehead was replaced along with her masts and the paint scheme changed from red to the black and yellow seen today. Her gun ports were originally yellow to match the hull but later repainted black, giving a pattern later called the "Nelson chequer" and which was subsequently adopted by all Royal Navy ships after the Battle of Trafalgar. The work was completed on 11 April 1803 and the ship left for Portsmouth on 14 May under her new captain, Samuel Sutton. Magazine is the name for a item or place within which ammunition is stored. ...
Forecastle with figurehead Grand Turk Figurehead is a carved wooden decoration, often female or bestiary, found at the prow of ships of the 16th to the 19th century. ...
mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
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[edit] Nelson Lord Nelson hoisted his flag in Victory on 16 May 1803 with Samuel Sutton as his flag captain and sailed to assume command in the Mediterranean on May 20. Nelson transferred to the faster frigate Amphion on 23 May. Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ...
is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
In the Royal Navy a Captain of the fleet could be appointed to assist an admiral when the admiral had ten or more ships to command. ...
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On May 28 Captain Sutton captured the French Embuscade of 32 guns, bound for Rochefort from San Domingo. Victory rejoined Lord Nelson off Toulon on July 30 when Captain Sutton exchanged commands with the captain of the Amphion, Thomas Masterman Hardy. is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rochefort is the name of several communes in France, of a municipality in Belgium and a commune in Switzerland: Rochefort in the Charente-Maritime département of France Rochefort in the Côte-dOr département of France Rochefort in the Savoie département of France Rochefort, Belgium Rochefort...
Saint-Domingue was a French colony from 1697 to 1804 that is today the independent nation of Haiti. ...
Panorama of Toulon area. ...
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Victory was passing the island of Toro on April 4, 1805, when HMS Phoebe brought the news that the French fleet under Pierre-Charles Villeneuve had escaped from Toulon. While Nelson made for Sicily to see if the French were heading for Egypt, Villeneuve was entering Cádiz to link up with the Spanish fleet. On 7 May Nelson reached Gibraltar and received his first definite news. The British fleet completed their stores in Lagos Bay, Portugal, on May 10 and two days later sailed westward with ten ships and three frigates in pursuit of the combined Franco-Spanish fleet of 17 ships. They arrived in the West Indies to find that the enemy was sailing back to Europe where Napoleon Bonaparte was waiting for them with his invasion forces at Boulogne. Bocas del Toro is the capital of the Panamanian province of Bocas del Toro. ...
is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
HMS Phoebe was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the British Royal Navy. ...
Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. ...
Panorama of Toulon area. ...
Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ...
Location Location of Cádiz Coordinates : Time Zone : General information Native name Cádiz (Spanish) Spanish name Cádiz Postal code – Website http://www. ...
is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...
Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des...
Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city and commune in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département of which it is a sous-préfecture. ...
The Franco-Spanish fleet was involved in the indecisive Battle of Cape Finisterre in fog off Ferrol with Admiral Sir Robert Calder's squadron on 22 July before taking refuge in Vigo and Ferrol to land wounded and abandon three damaged ships. Calder on 14 August and Nelson on 15 August joined Admiral Cornwallis's Channel Fleet off Ushant. Nelson continued to England in Victory leaving his Mediterranean fleet with Cornwallis who detached twenty of his thirty-three ships of the line and sent them under Calder to find the combined fleet at Ferrol. On 19 August came the worrying news that the enemy had sailed from there, followed by relief when they arrived in Cádiz two days later. On the evening of Saturday, 28 September, Lord Nelson joined Lord Collingwood's fleet off Cádiz, quietly, so that his presence would not be known. The battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval battle of the War of the Third Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars, fought on 22 July 1805 off Cape Finisterre in northwest Spain between a British fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Robert Calder and a French fleet commanded by Admiral Pierre Charles...
The Maritime Pine so typical of Ferrol Ferrol 43°28′N 8°15′W is an Atlantic-facing city in the provice of A Coruña in Galicia in north-western Spain . ...
Portrait of Robert Calder by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1797 Admiral Robert Calder ( 1745– 1 September 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. ...
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Location Location of Vigo in Spain and Pontevedra Coordinates : , , . Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Vigo (Galician) Spanish name Vigo Nickname La Ciudad Olvica (The Olive City) Postal code 36xxx Website http://www. ...
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is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Location Location of Cádiz Coordinates : Time Zone : General information Native name Cádiz (Spanish) Spanish name Cádiz Postal code – Website http://www. ...
is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
When Admiral Villeneuve learned that he was to be removed from command he took his ships to sea on the morning of October 19, first sailing south towards the Mediterranean but then turning north towards the British fleet, beginning the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson had already made his plans: to break the enemy line some two or three ships ahead of their Commander in Chief in the centre and achieve victory before the van could come to their aid. In the event fitful winds made it a slow business. For five hours after Nelson's last manoeuvring signal the two columns of British ships slowly approached the French line before Royal Sovereign, leading the lee column, was able to open fire on Fougueux. Twenty five minutes later Victory broke the line between Bucentaure and Redoutable firing a double shotted broadside into the stern of the former from a range of a few yards. At 25 minutes past one Nelson was shot, the fatal ball entering his left shoulder and lodging in his spine. He died at half past four. Such killing had taken place on Victory's quarter deck that Redoutable attempted to board her, but the marines and small arms men repelled them. Nelson's last order was for the fleet to anchor but this was rejected by Vice Admiral Collingwood. Victory lost 57 killed and 102 wounded. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 2357 KB) Summary Photographer: User:Ballista Edit Info:HMS Victory (1765) Licensing Talk File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Battle of...
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The Battle of Trafalgar by J. M. W. Turner (oil on canvas, 1822–1824) shows the last three letters of this famous signal flying from the Victory. ...
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Combatants United Kingdom First French Empire Kingdom of Spain Commanders Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson †Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve Strength 27 ships of the line and 6 others. ...
HMS Royal Sovereign (1786) a 100-gun 1st rate ship of the line which served as the flagship of Admiral Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar. ...
The Fougueux was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Lorient from 1784 to 1785 by engineer Segondat. ...
The French sail battleship Bucentaure was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Latouche Tréville, who died on board on 18 August 1804. ...
Built after plans by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané, the Redoutable was launched as Suffren on May 31, 1791. ...
[edit] After Trafalgar Victory took Nelson's body to England where, after lying in state at Greenwich, he was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral on January 6, 1806. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
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St Pauls Cathedral is a cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London in London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. ...
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Victory bore many Admirals' flags after Trafalgar, and sailed on numerous expeditions, including two Baltic campaigns under Admiral Sir James Saumarez. Her active career ended on November 7, 1812, when she was moored in Portsmouth Harbour off Gosport and used as a depot ship. For other uses, see Baltic (disambiguation). ...
James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez or Sausmarez (11 March 1757–9 October 1836) was an admiral of the British Royal Navy, notable for his victory at the Battle of Algeciras. ...
is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the overture by Tchaikovsky, see 1812 Overture; For the wars, see War of 1812 (USA - United Kingdom) or Patriotic War of 1812 (France - Russia) For the Siberia Airlines plane crashed over the Black Sea on October 4, 2001, see Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 1812 was a leap year starting...
For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...
Gosport is a town and district in Hampshire with around 77,000 inhabitants (including Lee-on-the-Solent), situated on the south coast of England. ...
It is said that when Thomas Hardy was First Sea Lord, he told his wife on returning home, that he had just signed an order for Victory to be broken up. She burst into tears and sent him straight back to his office to rescind the order. Though this story may be apocryphal, the page of the duty log containing the orders for that day is missing, having been torn out. Sir Jonathon Band, the current First Sea Lord The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service. ...
In 1889, Victory was fitted up as a Naval School of Telegraphy. It soon became a proper Signal School, and signal ratings from ships paying off were sent to Victory instead of the barracks, for a two-month training course. The School remained on Victory until 1904, when training was transferred temporarily to HMS Hercules, and in 1906 the whole School was moved to a permanent establishment at the Royal Naval Barracks. Telegraph and Telegram redirect here. ...
HMS Hercules was a central-battery ironclad of the Royal Navy in the Victorian era, and was the first warship to mount a main armament of 10 inches calibre. ...
As the years passed by, Victory slowly deteriorated at her moorings. A campaign to save her was started in 1921 with the Save the Victory Fund under the aegis of the Society for Nautical Research, by which time she was in very poor condition. The outcome of the campaign was that the British Government agreed to restore and preserve her to commemorate Nelson, the Battle of Trafalgar and the Royal Navy's supremacy during and after the Napoleonic period. The Society for Nautical Research was founded in 1910 to promote the academic field of maritime history in the United Kingdom. ...
The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ...
On 12 January 1922 she was moved into the oldest drydock in the world: No. 2 dock at Portsmouth for restoration. In 1928 King George V was able to unveil a tablet celebrating the completion of the work, although restoration and maintenance still continued under the supervision of the Society for Nautical Research. In 1941 'Victory' sustained some danger from a bomb dropped by theLuftwaffe that impacted into her dry dock causing damage to the hull, On one occasion German Radio Propaganda claimed that the ship had been destroyed by a bomb, and the Admiralty had to issue a denial. Museum of the Royal Navy in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard section of HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire. ...
The Royal Marines Museum is located in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England and is open to the public 7 days a week all year apart from Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. ...
The Submarine Museum Have you ever been in a W.W.II submarine? Pictured yourself cramped in a tiny miniature submarine about to slip under an enemy ship? Thought about escaping from a submarine trapped many hundreds of feet below the surface of the sea? Now you can experience the...
// Fleet Air Arm Meuseum The Fleet Air Arm Museum is located 7 mile north of Yeovil, and 40 miles south of Bristol, on RNAS Yeovilton. ...
is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...
The Deutsche Luftwaffe or (German: air force, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...
For other uses, see Propaganda (disambiguation). ...
Flag of the Lord High Admiral The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
Over the last few years the ship has undergone another very extensive restoration to bring her appearance to as close as possible to that which she had at Trafalgar for the bicentenary of the battle in October 2005. Replicas of items including mess bowls, beakers and tankards in the 'Marine's Mess', and a toothbrush, shaving brush and wash bowl in 'Hardy's Cabin' are on display. An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; known in English since c. ...
HMS Victory is still in commission as the flagship of the admiral for the time being acting as Second Sea Lord in his role as Commander in Chief of the Royal Navy's Home Command (CINCNAVHOME). She is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, although the USS Constitution, launched 30 years later, is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat. Victory attracts around 350,000 visitors per year in her role as a museum ship. The Second Sea Lord is one of the senior admirals of the Royal Navy. ...
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The Victory's foretopsail was severely damaged during the battle of Trafalgar, perforated by upwards of 90 cannonballs and other projectiles. It was replaced after the battle but was preserved, and eventually came to be displayed in the Royal Naval Museum. The sail is laid out across a large chamber, illuminated by alternating lowlight projectors. Museum of the Royal Navy in the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard section of HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire. ...
The name is also used to refer to the westernmost entrance (Victory Gate) to the Royal Navy's facility in Portsmouth, HMS Nelson. The Siegestor in Munich The Siegestor (en: Victory Gate) in Munich, is a three-arched triumphal arch crowned with a statue of Bavaria with a lion-quadriga, similar in style to the Arch of Constantine in Rome, the Marble Arch in London, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the...
For other places with the same name, see Portsmouth (disambiguation). ...
Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. ...
The current commanding officer is Lt. Cdr. John Scivier
The most senior Trafalgar descendant alive and HON Commanding officer is James Hardy.
[edit] Admirals who have hoisted flags in Victory | Admiral The Hon. Augustus Keppel | May 16, 1778 | October 28, 1778 | | Admiral Sir Charles Hardy | March 19, 1779 | May 14, 1780 | | Admiral Geary | May 24, 1780 | August 28, 1780 | | Rear Admiral Francis Samuel Drake | September 26, 1780 | December 29, 1780 | | Vice Admiral Sir Hyde Parker | March 20, 1781 | May 31, 1781 | | Commodore John Elliott | June 1781 | August 1781 | | Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt | September 10, 1781 | March 11, 1782 | | Admiral The Earl Howe | April 20, 1782 | November 14, 1782 | | Admiral The Earl Howe | July 1790 | August 1790 | | Admiral The Lord Hood | August 1790 | August 1791 | | Rear Admiral Sir Hyde Parker | February 6, 1793 | May 1793 | | Admiral The Lord Hood | May 6, 1793 | December 15, 1794 | | Rear Admiral John Man | July 8, 1795 | September 27, 1795 | | Vice Admiral Robert Linzee | October 1795 | November 1795 | | Admiral Sir John Jervis | December 3, 1795 | March 30, 1797 | | Vice Admiral The Viscount Nelson | May 8, 1803 | October 21, 1805 | | Admiral Sir James Saumarez | March 18, 1808 | December 9, 1808 | | Admiral Sir Graham Moore | December 1808 | January 23, 1809 | | Admiral Sir James Saumarez | April 8, 1809 | December 1809 | | Admiral Sir James Saumarez | March 11, 1810 | December 3, 1810 | | Rear Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke | December 1810 | March 1811 | | Admiral Sir James Saumarez | April 2, 1811 | December 25, 1811, | | Admiral Sir James Saumarez | April 14, 1812 | October 15, 1812 | | In Ordinary | December 18, 1812 | January 31, 1824 | | Commissioner Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet | 1824 | | Paid off | April 30, 1827 | October 21, 1831 | | became Flagship of Port Admiral | | Rear Admiral Sir F L Maitland | 1832 | | Rear Admiral Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie | 1837 | | Rear Admiral Hyde Parker | 1842 | | Rear Admiral W H Shiffeff | 1847 | | Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet | March 20, 1848 | December 19, 1848 | | Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel | December 20, 1848 | December 19, 1851 | | Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs | December 20, 1851 | March 19, 1853 | | Vice Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane | March 20, 1854 | March 19, 1856 | | Vice Admiral Sir George Frederick Seymour | March 20, 1856 | March 19, 1859 | | Admiral William Bowles | March 20, 1859 | March 19, 1860 | | Vice Admiral Henry Bruce | March 20, 1860 | December 19, 1864 | | Vice Admiral Sir Michael Seymour | December 20, 1864 | March 19, 1866 | | Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley | March 20, 1866 | March 20, 1869 | | Tender to HMS Duke of Wellington | December 20, 1869 | September 1, 1891 | | Admiral The Earl of Clanwilliam | August 1, 1891 | September 17, 1894 | | Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon VC | September 18, 1894 | August 31, 1897 | | Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour | September 1, 1897 | November 17, 1900 | | Admiral Sir Charles F Hotham | November 18, 1900 | September 30, 1903 | | Admiral Sir John Fisher | October 1, 1903 | March 18, 1904 | | The Port Admiral's flag moved to Hercules and on February 1, 1905, to Firequeen Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (25 April 1725 - 2 October 1786), was a British admiral who held sea commands during the Seven Years War and the War of American Independence. ...
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Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Sir Charles Hardy (c. ...
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1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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Image:Romney, Hyde Parker. ...
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1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
John Elliott (? – September 20, 1808) naval officer and colonial governor born Scotland and died Roxburgshire, Mouth Teviot. ...
Richard Kempenfelt (1718 - August 1782) was a British rear-admiral. ...
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1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a British admiral. ...
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1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
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1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a British admiral. ...
Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724–1816 by James Northcote, painted 1784. ...
Admiral Sir Hyde Parker (1739–1807) after the painting by Romney For others of the same name, see Hyde Parker Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807), second son of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1714-1782), entered the Royal Navy at an early age, and became lieutenant in 1758, having...
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Year 1793 (MDCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724–1816 by James Northcote, painted 1784. ...
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Year 1793 (MDCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735-14 March 1823) was an admiral in the British Royal Navy. ...
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1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, a decisive British victory in the war, during which he lost his life. ...
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1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
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1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez or Sausmarez (11 March 1757–9 October 1836) was an admiral of the British Royal Navy, notable for his victory at the Battle of Algeciras. ...
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