HMS Victory in 2011 - Low light camera used.

Admiral Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory as she appeared in Sept 2011. Her masts were being repaired, so appear shorter here than normal. 820 crew at Trafalgar and 104 guns, made her a first rate ship of the line. Displacement 3,500 tons. Victory needed 38 tons of ballast to straighten her up when made at Chatham from 1759-65. The Battle of Trafalgar was Oct 21st 1805. This was a key moment in preventing a French invasion of Great Britain. Speed 11 knots. Foresail still exits with cannon holes in another p