The Victory was built in Portsmouth at the Chatham yard in 1737. It is most famous for being the flagship for Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It is on permanent display at Portsmouth harbor in the United Kingdom. The H.M.S. Victory has 3 masts and displaces over 3500 tons. and measures 226 feet in length and 51 feet abeam. She carries 36 sails totaling four acres of canvas and can reach a top speed of 10 knots. She had an amazing amount of firepower: 104 guns and stocked with 35 tons of powder and 120 tons of shot! She could remain at sea without restocking for up to six months.

Commissioned in 1778, H.M.S. Victory had almost 30 years hard service at the time of Trafalgar. She was a veteran of many hard fought naval battles. On October 12, 1805, one of the most momentous battles in European history broke out off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. The combined fleets of France and its ally, Spain led by Napoleon to invade England with his all-powerful army were defeated and the supremacy of Britain as a sea power established.

Price: $220.00