Details | ||
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Nationality | British | |
Ordered | 1758/12/13 | B057 |
Laid Down | 1759/07/23 | B057 |
Named | 1760/10/30 | B057 |
Launched | 1765/05/07 | B057 |
Shipyard | Chatham DY | B057 |
Designer | Thomas Slade | B057 |
Master Shipbuilder | Edward Allin | B057 |
Rate | First Rate | |
Type | Ship of the Line | |
Out Service | 2008 | B057 |
Fate | Still in Existance | B057 |
Dimensions | |||
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B057 | Type | Metric | |
Length of Gundeck | 184' 0" | Imperial Feet | 56.08 |
Length of Keel | 152' 65/8" | Imperial Feet | 46.5 |
Breadth | 51' 71/2" | Imperial Feet | 15.74 |
Depth in Hold | 21' 6" | Imperial Feet | 6.55 |
Burthen | 2,16253/94 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||
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1765 | B057 | Broadside Weight = 1182 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 42-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 6-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder |
1778/05 | B057 | Broadside Weight = 1032 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 32-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 6-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder |
1779/04 | W009 | Broadside Weight = 1230 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 42-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 6-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder |
Roundhouse | 8 | British 12-Pound Carronade |
1780 | W009 | Broadside Weight = 1182 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 42-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 6-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder |
1781 | W009 | Broadside Weight = 1292 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 42-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 6-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 32-Pound Carronade |
Forecastle | 2 | British 6-Pounder |
Roundhouse | 2 | British 24-Pound Carronade |
Roundhouse | 6 | British 18-Pound Carronade |
1783 | W009 | Broadside Weight = 1328 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 42-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 12-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 32-Pound Carronade |
Forecastle | 2 | British 12-Pounder |
Roundhouse | 2 | British 24-Pound Carronade |
Roundhouse | 6 | British 18-Pound Carronade |
1793 | W009 | Broadside Weight = 1250 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 42-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 10 | British 12-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 32-Pound Carronade |
Forecastle | 2 | British 12-Pounder |
1803 | W009 | Broadside Weight = 1112 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 32-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 12 | British 12-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 32-Pound Carronade |
Forecastle | 2 | British 12-Pounder |
1805 | W009 | Broadside Weight = 1148 |
Lower Gun Deck | 30 | British 32-Pounder |
Middle Gun Deck | 28 | British 24-Pounder |
Upper Gun Deck | 30 | British 12-Pounder |
Quarterdeck | 12 | British 12-Pounder |
Forecastle | 2 | British 68-Pound Carronade |
Forecastle | 2 | British 12-Pounder |
Crew Complement | |||
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Date | Men | Notes | Source |
1815/10/21 | 820 | Complement at the [Battle of Trafalgar] | B057 |
Flag Officers | ||||
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Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1778/05/16 | 1778/10/18 | Admiral | Augustus Keppel | W009 |
1780/05/24 | 1780/08/24 | Admiral of the White | Francis Geary | W009 |
1780/09/26 | 1780/12/29 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | Francis William Drake | W009 |
1781/03/21 | 1781/05/31 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | Hyde Parker | W009 |
1781/06 | 1781/08 | Commodore | John Elliot | W009 |
1781/09/21 | 1782/03/11 | Rear-Admiral | John Kempenfelt | W009 |
1782/04/20 | 1782/11/14 | Admiral | Richard Howe | W009 |
1790/07 | 1790/08 | Admiral | Richard Howe | W009 |
1793/05/06 | 1794/12/15 | Vice-Admiral of the Red | Alexander Hood | W009 |
1795/10 | 1795/11 | Vice-Admiral | Robert Linzee | W009 |
1795/12/03 | 1797/03/30 | Admiral | John Jervis | W009 |
1803/05/08 | 1805/10/21 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue | Horatio Nelson | W009 |
1808/03/18 | 1808/12/09 | Admiral | James Saumarez | W009 |
1809/04/08 | 1809/12 | Admiral | James Saumarez | W009 |
1810/03/11 | 1810/12/03 | Admiral | James Saumarez | W009 |
1810/12 | 1811/03 | Rear-Admiral | Joseph Sydney Yorke | W009 |
1811/04/02 | 1811/12/25 | Admiral | James Saumarez | W009 |
1812/04/14 | 1812/10/15 | Admiral | James Saumarez | W009 |
Commanders | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1778/03/09 | 1779/05/28 | Post Captain | John Lindsay | W009 |
1779/03/19 | 1780/05/14 | Admiral of the White | Charles Hardy | W009 |
1779/05/28 | 1780/05/13 | Post Captain | Jonathon Faulknor | W009 |
1780/05/13 | 1781/04/17 | Post Captain | Samuel Wittewronge Clayton | W009 |
1781/04/17 | 1781/11/23 | Post Captain | John Howarth | W009 |
1781/11/23 | 1782/04/09 | Post Captain | Henry Cromwell | W009 |
1782/04/09 | 1782/04/19 | Post Captain | John Bourmaster | W009 |
1782/04/19 | 1782/12/06 | Post Captain | Henry Duncan | W009 |
1782/12/06 | 1782/12/09 | Post Captain | Roger Curtis | W009 |
1782/12/09 | 1783/02/17 | Commander | Thomas Byard | W009 |
1787/10/01 | 1790/05/13 | Post Captain | Charles Hope | W009 |
1790/05/13 | 1795/12/04 | Post Captain | John Knight | W009 |
1795/12/04 | 1797/04/01 | Post Captain | George Grey | W009 |
1797/04/01 | 1797/06/21 | Post Captain | Thomas Sotheby | W009 |
1797/06/21 | 1803/04/09 | Post Captain | William Cuming | W009 |
1803/04/09 | 1803/07/31 | Post Captain | Samuel Sutton | W009 |
1803/07/31 | 1806/01/13 | Post Captain | Thomas Masterman Hardy | W009 |
1808/01/28 | 1808/03/23 | Post Captain | John Clarke Searle | W009 |
1808/03/23 | 1808/11/20 | Post Captain | Philip Dumaresq | W009 |
1808/11/20 | 1809/03/20 | Post Captain | John Clarke Searle | W009 |
1809/03/20 | Unknown | Post Captain | Philip Dumaresq | W009 |
1844 | 1844/09/23 | Post Captain | Richard Arthur | B080 |
Commissioned Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1803/04/15 | 1806/01/01 | Lieutenant | Andrew King | NAO |
1811/07/06 | 1812 | Lieutenant | John Adamson | B080 |
1824/01 | 1828/08/28 | Lieutenant | John Frederick Appleby | B080 |
1829/06/12 | 1829/08/10 | Lieutenant | Henry John Codrington | W033 |
1839/08/01 | 1841/09/18 | Lieutenant | John Barnes | B080 |
Warrant Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1804/12/31 | 1806/01/15 | Surgeon | William Beatty | NAO |
Petty Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1795/02 | 1796/01/16 | Midshipman | George Barnard | B080 |
1796 | 1804/04/06 | Midshipman | Arden Adderley | B080 |
1803 | 1804 | Midshipman | John Bingham | B080 |
1805 | 1805/10 | Midshipman | John Barclay | |
1806/08 | 1808/06/13 | Masters Mate | James Bance | B080 |
1809/04 | 1810/12 | Midshipman | Andrew Barclay | B080 |
1810 | 1811/07/06 | Masters Mate | John Adamson | B080 |
1819/99/99 | 1826/04 | Midshipman | Jonas Archer Abbott | W032 |
1824 | Unknown | Midshipman | John Elliot Bingham | B080 |
1829 | 1830 | Midshipman | George Augustus Bedford | B080 |
1831 | 1832 | Masters Mate | John Elliot Bingham | B080 |
Crew | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1805/09/14 | Unknown | 1st Class Volunteer | Henry Lancaster | B080 |
Service Record | ||
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Date | Notes | Source |
1765/05/07 | Floated out of dock and placed in ordinary until 1778 | B057 |
1769 | Completed at Chatham at a cost of £57,748.1.1d | B057 |
1778 | Began fitting at Chatham | B057 |
1778/03/12 | First Commissioned | B057 |
1778/04 | Completed fitting at a cost of £13,296.0.0d | B057 |
1778/04/13 | Sailed from Chatham | B057 |
1778/07/27 | Present at 1st Battle of Ushant | |
1781/07/27 | Present at 2nd Battle of Ushant | |
1782/10/20 | Present at the Battle of Cape Spartel | |
1783/02/17 | Paid off at Portsmouth | W009 |
1787/10 | Recommissioned | B064 |
1787/12 | Paid off at Portsmouth | B064 |
1787/12 | Began large repair at Portsmouth DY | B057 |
1788/04 | Began refitting at Portsmouth DY | B057 |
1788/04 | Completed large repair at a cost of £37,523.0.0d | B057 |
1789 | Completed refitting at a cost of £6,451.0.0d | B057 |
1790/05 | Recommissioned | B064 |
1791/01 | Paid off | B057 |
1791/01 | Recommissioned | B057 |
1791/09 | Paid off | B057 |
1792/12 | Recommissioned | B057 |
1793/05/22 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | B057 |
1795/07/13 | Present at the Battle of Hyeres | |
1797/02/14 | Present at 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1 Killed, 5 wounded | |
1797/11 | Paid off | B057 |
1797/12 | Recommissioned | B057 |
1797/12 | Recommissioned as a Hospital ship at Chatham | B057 |
1799/10 | Paid off | B057 |
1800/02 | Began middling repair at Chatham | B057 |
1803/04 | Completed middling repair at a cost of £70,933.0.0d | B057 |
1803/04 | Recommissioned | B057 |
1803/05/25 | Sailed for the Mediterranean | B057 |
1803/05/28 | Took the Ambuscade, formerly the Ambuscade | B057 |
1805/10/21 | Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, 57 Killed, 102 Wounded | |
1806/01 | Paid off | B057 |
1806/01/13 | Paid off at Chatham | W009 |
1806/03 | Began repairs at Chatham | B057 |
1806/05 | Completed repairs at a cost of £9,936.0.0d | B057 |
1808/01 | Recommissioned as a Second Rate | B057 |
1809 | Evacuation of Corunna | B057 |
1812/11 | Paid off | B057 |
1813 | Placed in ordinary at Portsmouth | B057 |
1814/03 | Began large repair at Portsmouth | B057 |
1816/01 | Completed large repair at a cost of £79,772.0.0d | B057 |
1823/06 | Recommissioned as a guardship | B057 |
1824/01 | Port commanders flagship | B057 |
1830/04 | Paid off into ordinary | B057 |
Fleets | ||||
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Fleet Title | Commander | Date From | Date To | Source |
Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782 | Admiral of the Blue Richard Howe | 1782/09/00 | 1782/12/00 |
Actions & Battles | ||
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Date | Source | |
1778/07/27 | 1st Battle of Ushant | |
1781/07/27 | 2nd Battle of Ushant | |
1782/10/20 | Battle of Cape Spartel | |
1795/07/13 | Battle of Hyeres | |
1797/02/14 | 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent | |
1805/10/21 | Battle of Trafalgar |
Notes on Ship | |
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The Battle of Trafalgar Muster | |
HMS Victory had a crew of 820 men commanded by Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. There were 9 Commissioned Officers, 21 Midshipmen and 77 Non-commissioned Warrant and Petty Officers, the rest of the crew comprised of Able and Ordinary Seaman, Landsmen, Supernumeries and 31 boys. Also within this complement was a detachment of 146 Royal Marines from the Chatham Division, commanded by Captain Charles Adair Apart from the 700 English, Irish, Scots and Welsh, 18 different nationalities were represented on the Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar. She suffered some of the worst casualties of the Allied Fleet at the battle with 57 of her crew killed or dying of their wounds a few days later, and a further 102 wounded. |
Sources | ||
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Id | Link or Description | Author |
B057 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 | Rif Winfield |
W009 | HMS Victory | Unknown |
B080 | A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 | O'Brien |
NAO | The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors | Various |
W033 | Vaisseaux de Ligne Francais de 1682 a 1767 | Ronald Deschenes |
The Trafalgar Roll | Unknown | |
W032 | Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy | David Bonner Smith |
B064 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 | Rif Winfield |
Last Updated :2009/05/02 at 12:52:52 by Cy