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Chatham-built ships: HMS Irresistible, HMS Victory, HMS Calypso, HMS Seal, HMS Africa, HMS Unicorn, HMS Camilla, HMS Constance, HMS Raleigh, HMS Kent,
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| Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Chapters: HMS Irresistible, HMS Victory, HMS Calypso, HMS Seal, HMS Africa, HMS Unicorn, HMS Camilla, HMS Constance, HMS Raleigh, HMS Kent, HMS Hood, HMS Goliath, HMS Formidable, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Active, HMS Victorious, HMS Albemarle, HMS Magnificent, HMS Illustrious, HMS Venerable, HMS Barfleur, HMS Orpheus, HMS Torbay, HMAS Pioneer, HMS E13, HMS Arethusa, HMS Hawkins, HMS Monarch, HMS Tigris, HMS Phoenix, HMS Monmouth, HMS Alexandra, HMS Temeraire, HMS Dryad, HMS Hercules, HMS Sultan, HMCS Onondaga, HMS Rupert, HMS Challenger, HMS Parthian, HMS Sturgeon, HMS Calliope, HMS Glatton, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Apollo, HMS Trenchant, HMS Conqueror, HMS Warspite, HMS Impregnable, HMS Euryalus, HMS Nymph, HMS Achilles, HMS Hero, HMS Vindictive, HMS Antelope, HMS Cormorant, HMS Hawke, HMS E7, HMS Turpin, HMS Shannon, HMS Lord Warden, HMS Powerful, HMS Waterloo, HMS Sunfish, HMS London, HMS Chatham, HMS Sportsman, HMS Charybdis, HMS E8, HMS G3, HMCS Ojibwa, HMS Conway, HMS Dragon, HMS Una, HMS Amphion, HMCS Okanagan, HMS Grampus, HMS Zubian, HMS Despatch, HMS G2, HMS Castor, HMS Virago, HMS Immortalité, HMS Odin, HMS Conquest, HMS Lowestoft, HMS Ocelot, HMS Blanche, HMS Trafalgar, HMS Mars, HMS Minerva, HMS Rattlesnake, HMS Devonshire, HMS Revenge, HMS Flying Fish, HMS Royal George, HMS E12, HMS Defence, HMS Myrmidon, HMS G5, HMS G4, HMS G1, HMS Blake, HMS Hecate, HMS Leviathan, HMS Cumberland, HMS Valiant, HMS Panther, HMS Prince Regent, HMS E2, HMS Onslaught, HMS Andromache, HMS Elk, HMS Undaunted, HMS Howe, HMS Maeander, HMS Oberon, HMS Ardent, HMS Mersey. Excerpt: HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She was also Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship. In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She continues to be flagship of the Second Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission. In December 1758, the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a dry dock for the construction of a new first-rate ship. This was an unusual occurrence at the time as the Royal Navy preferred smaller and more manoeuvrable ships, and it was unusual for more than two to be in commission simultaneously; during the whole of the 18th century only ten were constructed. 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 chosen to design the ship was Sir Thomas Slade who, at the time, was the appointed Surveyor of the Navy. She was designed to carry at least 100 guns and was established with that number of guns; in practice, her armament varied from 104 to 106 guns and carronades. In January 1808 the Victory was reduced to a 98-gun second rate, but was reclassed as a 104-gun first rate in February 1817. 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 and Minden and naval battles had been won at Lagos and Quiberon Bay. There were some doubts whether this was a... |
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