HMS Victory
The Ship
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1st rate Ship of the Line HMS Victory built at Chatham Dockyard and launched 7th May 1765. Rebuilt 1801 and preserved 1922 at Portsmouth. HMS Victory is a first rate 100 gun ship with thirty 42 pdrs on the gun deck, twenty-eight 24 pdrs mid-deck, thirty 12 pdrs on upper deck and ten six pdrs on the quarter deck and two on Forecastle. HMS Victory was Admiral Horatio Nelson's Flagship at the battle of Trafalgar. |
My Postcards
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Postally used 30 Mar 1905. The postcard shows HMS Hannibal with HMS Victory afloat in the distance. |
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Postally used 28 May 1905. |
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Postally used 4 April 1905 |
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Postally used 27 Aug 1908 |