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This is such a cool pic.  Saw it on X.  HMS Victory leading the charge through the French/Spanish line at Trafalgar...

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Its a long time since I went on the Victory but I remember it was a great experience, especially in the ever more more confined lower decks.  

She's still offically in service and, as such, makes up about 1/4 of what is left of the firepower of Royal Navy, with the added bonus of not having to share anything with those fly by nights, the RAF.  🙂 

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1 hour ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

The world's first fast battleship.

Well...possibly.

Meanwhile, let's take a spin back in time to 1949 and off Cape Trafalgar brave men are diving on the wrecks of the French fleet to try and recover valuable historical artifacts.

 

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9 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Well...possibly.

Meanwhile, let's take a spin back in time to 1949 and off Cape Trafalgar brave men are diving on the wrecks of the French fleet to try and recover valuable historical artifacts.

 

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On 10/22/2024 at 7:57 AM, Boo said:

Its a long time since I went on the Victory but I remember it was a great experience, especially in the ever more more confined lower decks.  

She's still offically in service and, as such, makes up about 1/4 of what is left of the firepower of Royal Navy, with the added bonus of not having to share anything with those fly by nights, the RAF.  🙂 

One of my great-great-grandfathers is listed on the 1861 Census as a Royal Marine drummer aboard HMS Victory. He was coming to the end of a 25-year career... as a drummer. I don't suppose there was much of a career path for drummers back then.

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9 hours ago, Chief_Mouser said:

One of my great-great-grandfathers is listed on the 1861 Census as a Royal Marine drummer aboard HMS Victory. He was coming to the end of a 25-year career... as a drummer. I don't suppose there was much of a career path for drummers back then.

I doubt you‘d lasted anywhere near 25 years aboard a ship of the line in any capacity other than a drummer.

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I got to looking at what happened to HMS Victory in the 1800s and after her golden years which has lead me to one of my favourite Quora questions ever

"Why didnt Admiral Nelson have HMS Victory repaired properly after Trafalgar"

Well...oh dear...you might want to sit down for this.....

 

 

 

 

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On 10/22/2024 at 11:49 PM, DD_Arthur said:

Meanwhile, let's take a spin back in time to, er....1949 again and more brave men are sinking the last French survivor of the battle of Trafalgar....eh?🤔

 

Oh my good lord! Just 9 years after Mers-el-Kébir. A tad insensitive. At least they didnt blow it out of the water using the King George V

Mind you, once you've seen one massively historic battleship I suppose you seen em all...

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