HMS Victory (His Majesty's Ship Victory) firing broadside. Volume Warning and Cannon Enjoyment Ultimate. | ARGunners Magazine

HMS Victory #HMSVictory, launched in 1765, was the British ultimate fighting vessel. It was a full rigged 227 feet long ship with 104 guns and 850 men when at full capacity and most famous as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flag ship at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. | Ship Model

HMS Victory firing rolling broadside 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Today Victory is preserved at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and, as the flagship of the First Sea Lord & Chief of Naval Staff, is the oldest commissioned warship in the world. Laid down in 1759 Victory was a First Rate, the most powerful type of ship of her day with three gun decks mounting 100 guns. The Royal Navy had always built very large ships to fight major fleet battles. In contrast the French and Spanish navies did not build First Rates un