1765 HMS Victory masts, Portsmouth, England

The HMS Victory is the most famous sailing warship of all time. Lord Nelson commanded her at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 to defeat the combined French and Spanish fleet. We toured her in August of 2006 in Portsmouth, England, where she is in drydock #2. Some of these pictures will look a little ragged, because the Victory is SO large even standing back as far as I could she would not fit in my viewfinder.

Launched May 7, 1765

LOA 227 feet

Length on gun deck: 186 feet

Length of keel: 151 feet 3 inches

Bridge clearance: 220 feet

Beam 51 feet 10 inches

Depth 21 feet 6 inches

Sail area 4 acres

Cordage 27 miles

Timber used 2,000 oak trees

(38 tons of iron ballast added to the port side to stabilise trim)