“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.”
―Horatio Nelson

HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.

She additionally served as Keppel's flagship at Ushant, Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel, and Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. After 1824, she was relegated to the role of harbor ship.

In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, Great Britain, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission, with 243 years' service as of 2021.

Name:

HMS Victory

Class and type:

104-gun first-rate ship of the line

Displacement:

3,500 tons

Tons burthen:

2,142 bm

Length:

186 ft (57 m) (gundeck),
227 ft 6 in (69.34 m) (overall)

Homeport:

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, England…