HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy,
WOW!
Imagine that showing up at your doorstep!
I wonder how tall the masts were.
Good to see England is building their navy up.
Think today one missile from a destroyer would sent it to the bottom in 10 mins.
Those were the days....for the British Navy.
tshift
Loc: Overland Park, KS.
hdfilmnoir wrote:
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy,
I wouldn't want to come up against this wonderful ship! I wonder if America had anything comparable. Thanks show more when you can.
Tom
It was built in Chatham docks in Kent ,which is just down the rode from me,they have a large model of the ship in the dock museum and the original is in the navel base at Portsmouth.
Dalek
Loc: Detroit, Miami, Goffstown
ARGHH matey...the plank for you!
tshift wrote:
I wouldn't want to come up against this wonderful ship! I wonder if America had anything comparable. Thanks show more when you can.
Tom
No, the best we had was the Constitution with 44-50 guns and the Constellation with 38 guns. Probably a good thing that HMS Victory never crossed the Atlantic.
Go to YouTube HMS Victory virtual tour.
The ship is still seaworthy and still in commission.
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