HMS Victory
The Ship
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
Postally used 30 Mar 1905. The postcard shows HMS Hannibal with HMS Victory afloat in the distance. |
Postally used 28 May 1905. |
Postally used 4 April 1905 |
Postally used 27 Aug 1908 |