HMS Victory
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HMS Victory is a historic Royal Navy warship best known as Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar and now preserved as a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic ship
ⓘ
museum ship ⓘ ship ⓘ ship of the line ⓘ |
| armament |
12-pounder long guns on upper gun deck
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24-pounder long guns on middle gun deck ⓘ 32-pounder long guns on lower gun deck ⓘ carronades and smaller guns on quarterdeck and forecastle ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Horatio Nelson
ⓘ
Thomas Hardy ⓘ |
| battleDate_Trafalgar | 1805-10-21 ⓘ |
| beam | 15.8 metres ⓘ |
| builder | Chatham Dockyard ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1778-03 ⓘ |
| commissioningNavy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| constructionSite |
Chatham, Kent
ⓘ
surface form:
Chatham, Kent, England
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | around 850 men (wartime) ⓘ |
| displacement | around 3500 tons burthen ⓘ |
| draught | 8.8 metres ⓘ |
| flag | White Ensign ⓘ |
| gunCount | 104 ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade I listed building (structure) ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1759-07-23 ⓘ |
| laterServiceConflict |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| launched | 1765-05-07 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 69.3 metres ⓘ |
| location | Portsmouth Historic Dockyard ⓘ |
| locationCity | Portsmouth ⓘ |
| locationCountry | England ⓘ |
| managedBy | National Museum of the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| material | wooden hull ⓘ |
| museumOpening | 1920s ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
ⓘ
surface form:
Cuthbert Collingwood
Horatio Nelson ⓘ John Jervis ⓘ Admiral Samuel Hood ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel Hood
|
| notableEvent |
Battle of Cape St Vincent
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)
Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ Battle of Ushant (1778) ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| ordered | 1758-12-06 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
|
| propulsion | sail ⓘ |
| rigging | full-rigged ship ⓘ |
| roleAtTrafalgar | flagship of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| serviceEntryConflict |
American Revolutionary War
ⓘ
surface form:
American War of Independence
|
| shipClass | Victory-class ship of the line ⓘ |
| status |
oldest naval ship still in commission
ⓘ
preserved museum ship ⓘ |
| type | first-rate ship of the line ⓘ |
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