HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal - TopicsExpress



          

HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelsons flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She was also Keppels flagship at Ushant, Howes flagship at Cape Spartel and Jerviss flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824 she served as a harbour ship. In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She is the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the worlds oldest naval ship still in Commission. USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the worlds oldest commissioned naval vessel AFLOAT. and most of the original keel and rib timbers were cut from live oaks on St.Simons Island, GA.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:10:00 +0000

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