Ship profile for the sailing ship: "HMS Victory"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:HMS Victory
Registered port:Portsmouth
Nation:GBR
Type of rigging:VOLLSCHIFF
Year built:1765
Yard:CHATHAM WERFT
Overall length:102.10 m
Length (hull):69.00 m
Breadth:15.80 m
Draught:7.20 m
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Engine:keine/none

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Oct 1998

  • the only remaining big liner, building such a ship was extremely expensive because 2,000 to 2,500 oak trees aged approximately 110 years were used in her construction.
  • although the ship entered service after the North American Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was not used for day-to-day operations.
  • used as a flagship during the Anglo-French war 1790-1793.
  • afterwards unrigged and used as a hospital ship.
  • refitted as a liner between 1800 and 1803.
  • Lord Nelson's flag-ship at the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • used until 1812, laid up and then brought to Plymouth dry dock in 1922. Fully restored and now open to visitors.

Contact:

Website (English, 10 Feb 2002):
http://www.hms-victory.com/
HMS Victory: construction and rigging, facts and figures, a lot historic information, special offers

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 162 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 198 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Ollivier Puget
"Windjammer der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1999 ISBN: 3-89225-396-X
(franz. Originalausgabe: "Les Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1997)
Page: 21 Source with picture

Giancarlo Schiavoni
"Unter Segeln, die grossen Windjammer auf den Weltmeeren"
Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1994 ISBN: 3-7822-0605-3
(ital. Originalausgabe: "La nave a vela")
Page: 191 Source with picture Source with history

Ingrid Schmidt
"Maritime Oldtimer, Museumsschiffe aus 4 Jahrhunderten"
Edition Leipzig 1986
Page: 132, 149 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 177 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data