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HBMS Victory (1695)

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 10 months ago

Victory, 100 Guns

Details

Nationality	British
Previously	Royal James
Ordered	1691/00/00
Laid Down	1694/00/00
Launched	1695
Shipyard	Chatham DY
Designer	Robert Lee
Master Shipbuilder	Robert Lee
Rate	First Rate
Type	Ship of the Line
Out Service	1721/04
Fate	Broken Up

Dimensions

Source	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792
Length of Gundeck	163' 1"
Length of Keel	136' 0"
Breadth	45' 4"
Depth in Hold	18' 6"
Burthen	1,486⁶³/₉₄

Armament

Date	1703	B057
Lower Gun Deck	26	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	28	British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck	12	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	4	British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse	2	British 6-Pounder

Crew

Date	Men	Notes	Source
1695/10	780	War Establishment	B057
1695/10	580	Peace Establishment	B057

Flag Officers

Date From	Date to	Rank/Position	Name	Source
1696/05	1696/12/06	Vice-Admiral	Mathew Aylmer	B057
1703/02	1703/05	Rear-Admiral	John Munden	B057

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Rank	Name	Source
1695/10	1696/01	Post Captain	Thomas Jennings	B057
1696/01	1696/02	Post Captain	Stafford Fairborne	B057
1696/02	1696/05	Post Captain	Gabriel Hughes	B057
1696/05	1697/12/06	Post Captain	Edward Whitaker	B057
1702/02	1703/02	Post Captain	David Greenhill	B057
1703/02	1703/05	Post Captain	Christopher Myngs	B057
1704/12	1705/02/16	Post Captain	John Hartnell	B057

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

1697/12/06	Paid off	B057
1703/05	Paid off	B057
1705/01/26	Laid up and crew transfered to the Royal Sovereign	B057
1705/02/16	Paid off	B057
1714/10/27	Renamed Royal George
1715/09/09	Renamed Victory
1716/06/06	Ordered to be taken down to the middle deck.	B057
1716/07	Alteration completed at Cork	B057
1721/03/16	Docked at Porstmouth to break up	B057
1721/04	Partly burnt by accident and taken to pieces at Portsmouth to rebuild	B057

Actions & Battles

Date		Source

Notes

No Notes Entered

Sources

B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792

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