Display Model ship HMS Victory 1:72 54 inch Historic Famous Ship Wood

Nelson’s Flagship HMS Victory stands today as the world’s oldest commissioned warship. Still manned by Officers and Ratings of the Royal Navy, the Victory has seen over 220 years of almost continuous naval service. Scale 1:78, Length: 1300 mm, Height: 920 mm Ship history HMS Victory is a 104- gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765. She is the oldest naval ship still in commission and the only remaining ship of the line. She sits in dry dock in Portsmouth as a museum ship. In December 1758, the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a dry dock for the construction of a new 100- gun first- rate ship. This was an unusual occurrence at the time; during the whole of the 18th century only ten were constructed—the Royal Navy preferred smaller and more maneuverable ships and it was unusual for more than two to be in commission simultaneously. The outline plans arrived in June 1759 and were based on HMS Royal George which had been launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1756.