HMS Victory

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HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 248 years of service as of 2026, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War, and laid down in 1759. That year saw British victories at Quebec, Minden, Lagos and Quiberon Bay and these may have influenced the choice of name when it was selected in October the following year. In particular, the action in Quiberon Bay had a profound effect on the course of the war; severely weakening the French Navy and shifting its focus away from the sea. There was therefore no urgency to complete the ship and the signing of the Treaty of Paris in February 1763 meant that when Victory was finally floated out in 1765, she was placed in ordinary. Her construction had taken 6,000 trees, 90% of them oak.

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Victory
museum ship, first-rate, preserved watercraft, United Kingdom
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HMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbour by Charles Edward Dixon
TrafalgarBattleTrafalgarBattle
Nelson portrait by Leonardo Guzzardi at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Bomb ketches saluting HMS Victory in December 1805
H.M.S. Victory
HMS Victory, Heck
HMS Victory 21 Oct 1805, log entry, re death of Admiral Nelson at Battle of Trafalgar
HMS Victory at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
Bowsprit of HMS Victory at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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    commonsimageHMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbour by Charles Edward Dixon Commons
    commonsimageTrafalgarBattle Commons
    commonsimageNelson portrait by Leonardo Guzzardi at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth Commons
    commonsimageBomb ketches saluting HMS Victory in December 1805 Commons
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    commonsimageHMS Victory 21 Oct 1805, log entry, re death of Admiral Nelson at Battle of Trafalgar Commons
    commonsimageHMS Victory at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. Commons
    commonsimageBowsprit of HMS Victory at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard. Commons
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