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HMS Victory  Collection

On 7th May 1765 HMS Victory was floated out of the Old Single Dock in Chatham's Royal Dockyard. During an unusually long service, she would gain renown for leading fleets in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War. In 1805 she achieved lasting fame as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Nelson in Britain's greatest naval victory, the defeat of the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar.

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Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: Nelsons Flagship HMS Victory

Nelsons Flagship HMS Victory
The Royal Navy first rate ship of the line, HMS Victory, circa 1800. The ship is best known for its role as Nelsons flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: HMS Victory

HMS Victory
circa 1860: Horatio Nelsons flagship HMS Victory in dock in London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar

HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar
The Victory breaking the enemys line at the Battle of Trafalgar

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: England Expects

England Expects
Admiral Horatio Nelsons flagship HMS Victory being towed into Gibraltar and also shown moored at Portsmouth. Also shown are the semaphore flags with which Nelson signalled his fleet before the battle

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: HMS Victory

HMS Victory
1926: Nelsons ship, HMS Victory, in dry dock but still flying the ensign. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: Sailors Rigouts

Sailors Rigouts
August 1927: In Nelson period uniforms sailors and marines climbing the rigging aboard HMS Victory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: HMS Victory at Portsmouth

HMS Victory at Portsmouth
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Victory at Portsmouth. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: The damaged HMS Victory being towed into Gibraltar after the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

The damaged HMS Victory being towed into Gibraltar after the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
HMS Victory being towed into Gibraltar having suffered extensive damage during the Battle of Trafalgar in which Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was killed

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: HMS Victory Flagship in Portsmouth, England

HMS Victory Flagship in Portsmouth, England
78366, 78366-074dg, Adventure, Attraction, Day, England, Europe, Full-C, Her Majestys Ships (HMS), 76807682

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: Vintage colour lithograph of HMS Victory

Vintage colour lithograph of HMS Victory
Vintage colour lithograph from 1872 of HMS Victory a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: The Shamrock

The Shamrock
May 1914: The launch of the yacht, the Shamrock IV. The HMS Victory can be seen in the background. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageHMS Victory  Collection: Victory

Victory
4th October 1918: Members of HMS Victory spell out Victory on the ground. American sailors? (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


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