Name: HMS Victory
Ordered: 14 July 1758
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: 23 July 1759
Launched: 7 May 1765
Commissioned: 1778
Honours and
awards:
Participated in:
* First Battle of Ushant (1778)
* Second Battle of Ushant (1781)
* Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1796)
* Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
Status: Active, preserved
Displacement: 3,500 tons (3,556 tonnes)
Tons burthen: 2142 tons (2176.4 tonnes)
Length: 186 ft (56.7 m) (gundeck),
227 ft 6 in (69.3 m) (overall)
Beam: 51 ft 10 in (15.8 m)
Draught: 28 ft 9 in (8.8 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft 6 in (7 m)
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Propulsion: Sails—6,510 sq yd (5440 m²)
Speed: 8 to 9 knots (15 to 17 km/h) maximum
Complement: Approximately 850
在特拉法爾加海戰,他獨創性地運用一些不同顏色和圖形的信號旗溝通艦隊之間的聯繫,現代海上通用的國際信號旗(亦稱「萬國旗」)即由此演變而來,成為了戰勝法國艦隊的重要因素。他的這個旗號為「英倫企盼著人人都恪盡其責!」(England expects that every man will do his duty),已成為英國人日常生活中所熟悉和慣用的習語。