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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic ship
museum ship
ship
ship of the line
armament 12-pounder long guns on upper gun deck
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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HMNB Portsmouth associatedWith HMS Victory
Portsmouth hasLandmark HMS Victory