H.M.S. VICTORY
L=1035mm / H=715mm /
Scale: 1:98
Victory, the name of NELSON`s flagship. The battle of
Trafalgar was one of the most famous battles of modern history,
bitterly fought on the 21st of October, 1805, a few miles south-
east of Cadiz, between the English and French-Spanish fleets.
This is one of the few ships of those times which has reached us in
a perfectly preserved state.
Construction started 1759 and VICTORY
was launched 1765, she was subjected to several rebuildings before arriving
at Trafalgar. Badly mauled, after the battle at Trafalgar, she returned
to the same dock at Catham where she had been constructed.
On the
14th of January, 1922 she was again seeworthy and can be seen at dock No 2
in Portsmouth. Obviously, such a famous relic, could not be allowed to
disappear into nothing and the English people were happy to support
a public subscription for reconstructing the VICTORY as she was at the
time of Trafalgar.
SAILING SHIP
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