Key facts
- Name
- HMS Victory
- Ordered
- 14 July 1758
- Builder
- Chatham Dockyard
- Laid down
- 23 July 1759
- Launched
- 7 May 1765 ; 261 years ago ( 1765-05-07 )
- Commissioned
- March 1778
- In service
- 248 years
- Honours and awards
- Participated in: First Battle of Ushant (1778) Second Battle of Ushant (1781) Great Siege of Gibraltar (1779–1783) Battle of Cape Spartel (1782) Battle of the Hyères Islands (1795) Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) Trafalgar campaign (1805) Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
- Status
- Active Flagship of the First Sea Lord
- Class type
- 104-gun first-rate ship of the line
- Displacement
- 3,500 long tons (3,600 tonnes )
- Tons burthen
- 2,142 bm
- Length
- 186 ft (57 m) (gundeck), 227 ft 6 in (69.34 m) (overall)
- Beam
- 51 ft 10 in (15.80 m)
- Draught
- 28 ft 9 in (8.76 m)
- Depth of hold
- 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
- Propulsion
- Sails—6,510 sq yd (5,440 m )
- Sail plan
- Full-rigged ship
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Portsmouth
- Operator
- Royal Navy
- Country of origin
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Location
- Portsmouth
- Mass
- 3500
- Manufacturer
- Chatham Dockyard
- Conflict
- Battle of Trafalgar
- Image
- Victory - geograph.org.uk - 4093018.jpg
- Height
- 21.5
- Width
- 15.80
- Length
- 69.34
- Speed
- 11
- Significant event
- ship commissioning
- Has use
- museum ship
- Has parts of class
- deck
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- armament
- 24-pounder long gun
- draft
- 8.76
- beam
- 15.80
- Commons category
- HMS Victory (ship, 1765)
- Commons gallery
- HMS Victory
- shipping port
- Portsmouth
- service entry
- 1778-00-00
- commanded by
- Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet
- name
- HMS Victory
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