HMS Victory, Lord
Nelson's flagship at
the Battle of Trafalgar shown in historical naval art prints. HMS Victory
in naval paintings by naval artists Brian Wood, Graeme Lothian, Bill
Bishop, Geoff Hunt and Robert Taylor.
At dawn on the 21st, the 33 ships of the combined
fleets of France and Spain were sighted by the British fleet along the
horizon heading in a ragged column in the general direction of Gibraltar,
having left Cadiz harbour the previous day. Having abandoned an
invasion of England that summer, Napoleon's strategy was to have his fleet
sail to Naples to land troops to guard his southern flank while he
attacked Austria. The English fleet, under the command of Admiral
Nelson, had been stalking the enemy fleet for some time and were now in
position to bring it to battle. Sailing in his flagship, HMS
Victory, Nelson's strategy was to attack the middle and rear of the enemy
fleet, piercing their line and enveloping them with superior numbers and
gunpowder - the "pell-mell battle" his revolutionary doctrine
called upon to achieve total victory. Nelson, dividing his force of
27 ships into two columns, led the attack on the enemy's center while the
other division, commanded by Admiral Collingwood, flying his flag in HMS
Royal Sovereign, concentrated their attack on the rear. The column's
approach - perpendicular to the Combined Fleet's line of battle- left them
exposed to sustained enemy fire for some time before being able to bring
their own broadsides to bear. Soon after 12 noon, ranging fire from
the combined fleet began to find its mark, and more concentrated salvos
were beginning to take their toll on the British columns, leaving the lead
ships with pockmarked sails and masts, shredded rigging, and mounting
casualties. Despite this withering fire, the British fleet pressed
on, Nelson secure in the knowledge that the superior seamanship and
gunnery of the Royal Navy would be decisive. The first of the
British columns to break the enemy line was Collingwood's - Royal
Sovereign opening fire with a devastating broadside into the Spanish Santa
Ana. She was followed by other ships in her division, most notably
the Belleisle and Mars. Shortly after 1pm, Victory broke through the
Franco-Spanish line, smashing the French flagship Bucentaure - under the
command of Admiral Pierre Villeneuve - at point blank range with her port
68 pounder carronade followed by her treble shotted broadside guns.
Victory soon collided with the French ship Redoutable, commanded by the
fiery captain Lucas, the best trained ship in the combined fleet.
The ships were soon locked together in a fight to the death. It was
at this moment of heavy fighting that Nelson was mortally wounded, shot
from a sniper high up in Redoutable's mizentop. The battle had now
developed into a general melee, white smoke obscuring the ships with
flashes of yellow flame cutting through the din of roaring cannon,
crackling musketry and shrieks of the wounded, adding to a most hellish
spectacle. As the action wore on, the superiority of the Royal Navy
in shiphandling and rate of fire were winning the day as more and more
ships of the French and Spanish fleet struck their colours. By
4:30pm the gunfire had subsided, with the British winning the most
decisive victory in the age of fighting sail with 18 of the combined
fleet's vessels in it's possession. Not a single British ship was
lost. The victory was not without its tragedies; Nelson, upon
hearing of a great victory, died of his wounds. For Britain, victory
at Trafalgar ensured her security from invasion and dominance of the seas
for the next century.
The Battle of Trafalgar Fall of Nelson by Dennis Dighton.
Showing the scene onboard HMS Victory as Admiral Nelson is shot by a French marksman in the rigging.
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The Battle of Trafalgar Fall of Nelson by Dennis Dighton. - Editions Available
After Nelsons Atlantic chase of the French and Spanish fleets and just prior to the Battle of Trafalgar, Victory was at Spithead between 18th August and 15th September 1805.
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Victory at Portsmouth 1805 by Ken Hammond. - Editions Available
Nelsons long-considered plan for dealing with a numerically superior force involved breaking their line in two places with two squadrons, the spearheads of each squadron being his biggest ships. The two squadrons were to attack the enemy line at right-angles, relying on breaking through quickly and then turning to overwhelm separated sections of their fleet before the remainder could turn back to intervene. The situation at Trafalgar did indeed produce a superior enemy force, 33 French and Spanish battleships to Nelsons 27, and the stage was set for his plan to be implemented. One of the two British squadrons was to be spearheaded by the Royal Sovereign, the other by Victory herself, although he had other heavy ships which could have led the way. But Nelson had not foreseen the very light wind and the consequent agonisingly slow approach, slower than walking pace, on the actual day. Victory took an awful pounding before she ever arrived at the Franco-Spanish line.The mizzen topmast w.........
Bomb Ketches Saluting the Victory, December 1805 by Charles Dixon.
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Bomb Ketches Saluting the Victory, December 1805 by Charles Dixon. - Editions Available
It is September 18th, 1805, off Plymouth. Led by the 74-gun HMS Thunderer, with HMS Ajax astern, HMS Victory, with Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson aboard, begins her journey south to join the rest of the British fleet off Cadiz where the combined French and Spanish fleets lay blockaded. This was the prelude to the Battle of Trafalgar and the last time Nelson would see his beloved England.
HMS Victory About to Break the Line by Bill Bishop.
HMS Victory leading her division is just altering course to starboard in order to pass under the stern of Bucentaure flagship of Admiral Villeneuve, to rake her and break the line during the battle of Trafalgar.
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HMS Victory About to Break the Line by Bill Bishop. - Editions Available
Having taken terrible punishment from the guns of the allied French and Spanish fleet as she broke through the line, HMS Victory found herself engaged by the French Redoutable, a bitter battle that saw the two ships locked together, pouring shot into one another with terrifying ferocity and which left the British Admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson fatally wounded. In the background, HMS Neptune is emerging through the gunsmoke and is about to pass the wreck of the French flagship Bucentaure which Victory so spectacularly routed as she passed through the allied line. HMS Temeraire, which followed Victory through, and which was also to become embroiled on the Redoutables fight, is obscured by the smoke beyond the British flagship.
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The Battle of Trafalgar, 1.00pm by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
Trafalgar- The Destruction of The Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman.
With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the Bucentaure was effectively put out of the rest of the battle, although Admiral Villeneuve himself was to miraculously survive the carnage. Beyong Victory can be seen the French Redoubtable, which is receiving fire from Victorys starboard guns, and the Spanish San Leandro is in the extreme distance. Most of Victorys stunsails have been cut away, but it was her stunsail booms that became entangled with the rigging of the Redoubtable when she put her helm to port and ran onto her. Admiral Nelson fell shortly afterward, having received a fatal wound from a musket ball fired by a French sharpshooter in Redoubtables mizzen fighting top. The Temeraire can be seen approaching the fray to the right.
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Trafalgar- The Destruction of The Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar by Graeme Lothian.
The time is 1.35pm. (ten minutes after Admiral nelson had been fatally shot) HMS Temeraire and HMS Victory, are seen broadside to the redoubtable, which by 2pm had lost most of her crew, (out of a crew of 643 - 487 were dead, 81 died soon after, and only 25 were fit to crew)
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HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar by Graeme Lothian. - Editions Available
Undoubtedly the most famous and decisive battle in the history of naval warfare. The battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of Vice-Admiral Villeneuve by sailing in two single column divisions directly at right angles into the combined fleet and thus rendering almost half of the leading ships useless until they could turn and join the fight, which in such calm conditions could take hours. The battle raged for five hours in which time not one British ship was lost, however, Nelson would tragically lose his life at the very moment of his triumph, a triumph which rendered the British Navy unchallenged in supremacy for over a century. Here, Nelsons flagship, HMS Victory, followed by HMS Temeraire is seen breaking the Franco-Spanish line and commencing her murderous hail of gun fire into the stern of Villeneuves flagship, Bucentaure. Meanwhile the Victory her.........
First Rate 100-gun ship. The masterpiece of the great designer Sir Thomas Slade, Nelsons flagship was far from new at the Battle of Trafalgar, having begun building in 1759. Preserved in dry-dock at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard since 1922, and immaculately restored in recent years, Victory today appears as she was in 1805.
The Victory at Trafalgar. Nelsons Flagship Nearing the Santissima Trinidad by Charles Dixon.
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The Victory at Trafalgar. Nelsons Flagship Nearing the Santissima Trinidad by Charles Dixon. - Editions Available
Robert Taylors magnificent painting shows Victory breaking through the enemy line at 1.00pm 21st October 1805. A broadside has crippled Admiral Villeneuves French flagship Bucentaure, seen off Victorys port side, while Nelsons gunners fire a second broadside into the Santisima Trinidad. Just astern, the Temeraire manoeuvres to trap the Redoubtable between herself and Victory, and thus seal her fate.
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The Battle of Trafalgar by Robert Taylor. - Editions Available
Already ravaged by incoming shot from the combined French and Spanish fleets as she approached the enemy line, HMS Victory found herself under intense attack from the French 3rd Rate 74-gun Redoutable. The two ships became entangled, grappling irons went across and the most terrible artillery battle commenced. Admiral Lord Nelson was fatally wounded by a shot from the Redoutables mizzen top before it was brought crashing down. Now the British three-decker, the 98-gun Temeraire appeared outboard of the Redoutable and began pouring further shot into her, the little French ship dwarfed by two mighty British vessels. But still she fought on, refusing to strike her colours. Of all the ships at Trafalgar, Redoutable sustained the highest casualties with 478 killed and 81 wounded. Depicted from left to right are HMS Temeraire, Redoutable and HMS Victory.
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The Brave Redoutable by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
The Victory at Portsmouth. Came into Harbour from Last Commission Nov, 1812 by Charles Dixon.
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The Victory at Portsmouth. Came into Harbour from Last Commission Nov, 1812 by Charles Dixon. - Editions Available
Ravaged by the combined guns of the allied French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar and by the great storm that followed the battle, a weary battered HMS Victory enjoys the relative calm as crew from HMS Neptune are despatched to take up the tow from the 3rd rater HMS Polyphemus for the final leg of her journey to the safety of Gibraltar, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.
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Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
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As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet toward the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column.
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HMS Victory by Randall Wilson. - Editions Available
Captain Harveys HMS Temeraire tries to pass HMS Victory at the beginning of the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman.
21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry rebuke from Nelson and duly fell into line behind the flagship. The enemy can be seen spread along the horizon whilst, to the right in the distance, the leading ships of Admiral Collingwoods fleet can be seen spearheading a separate assault to the south. In the light airs preceding the battle, much sail was needed to drive the British ships towards the enemy line. HMS Victory, nearest, has royals and stunsails set and is making good way, her furniture boats strung behind in readiness for battle. On her poop deck, officers prepare to run up a signal.
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Captain Harveys HMS Temeraire tries to pass HMS Victory at the beginning of the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
Victory Races Temeraire for the Enemy Line, Trafalgar 21st October 1805 by Geoff Hunt.
The morning of 21st October 1805 dawned clear, under a hazy sky, with a breeze from the west-north-west so light that the sea was scarcely ruffled. At ten to six on this beautiful autumn morning, Nelsons ships sighted the French and Spanish fleet against the dawn sky. The British ships, in line ahead, were sailing slowly north and rolling in a long Atlantic swell. There were 17,000 men in the British fleet and the vast majority were relieved, if apprehensive, that their long years of waiting were about to come to an end. With Nelson in command there was never the slightest doubt of victory, only of how extensive the victory might be. As soon as it was light enough for flags to be seen, Lord Nelson hoisted the first of his signals that morning: to prepare for battle, and then, in the words of the naval signal book, to bear up and sail large on the course set by the Admiral. The Victorys bow began to swing into the path of the rising sun and soon every ship in the English fleet was alte.........
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HMS Euryalus Arriving at Spithead by Ivan Berryman.
The 36-gun frigate HMS Euryalus is shown arriving to join Nelsons flagship HMS Victory off St Helens, Isle of Wight, at around 8.00am on the morning of 12th September 1805. These two ships would depart together just three days later to join His Majestys ships Ajax and Thunderer off Plymouth before heading south to Spanish waters and the Battle of Trafalgar.
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HMS Euryalus Arriving at Spithead by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
Arguably the most iconic moment in British naval history, HMS Victory is depicted just moments from firing her devastating opening salvo into the stern galleries of the French flagship Bucentaure at Trafalgar as Nelson's flagship enters the fray at approximately 12.30pm on October 21st 1805. Beyond Victory, in the extreme distance through the gun smoke, Collingwood's Royal Sovereignis engaging the Santa Ana. To the left of the painting, the French Neptune and Spanish San Justo can be seen with Redoutable immediately beyond Victory, trying vainly to close the gap. Victory, already shot to pieces, is about to wreak her terrible revenge on the Bucentaure in the foreground where Vice-Admiral Villeneuve can be seen on the poop deck - wearing the green corduroy pantaloons. Nelson was surely the nemesis of Villeneuve, who had been summarily humiliated some seven years earlier at the Battle of the Nile and.........
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HMS Victory Entering Portsmouth Harbour for the Last Time on 4th December 1812 by Bill Bishop.
The keel of HMS Victory was laid at Chatham, 23rd July 1759, she was launched 7th May 1765. Her battle honours are Ushant 1781, St. Vincent 1805, she was placed in her present berth at Portsmouth on the 12th January 1922.
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HMS Victory Entering Portsmouth Harbour for the Last Time on 4th December 1812 by Bill Bishop. - Editions Available
Just seconds from opening fire with a broadside that will devastate her opponent, HMS Victory prepares to pass the stern of the French flagship Bucentaure, closely followed by the three-deckers HMS Temeraire and HMS Neptune. With guns unable to bear on the enemy fleet during the slow approach the British ships had endured terrible punishment with Victorys sails holed, her wheel smashed and her mizzen top shot away.
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The Victory by Derek Gardner.
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Victorys Loss by Mark Churms.
British Vice Admiral Nelson of the Royal Navy, is shot on the quarter deck of his flag ship, H.M.S. VICTORY at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar. He later dies from the mortal bullet wound. Despite this loss, the French and Spanish Fleets are roundly defeated in this epic sea engagement of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Jury rigged and battered by the relentless gunnery of the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar, HMS Victory lies off the coast of Gibraltar as crews from HMS Neptune (nearest) are despatched to take over the tow from the Polyphemus for the final leg of their journey to relative safety, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.
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Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
The Treaty of Amiens in March 1802 brought a brief respite in the long war between France and England, one that Nelson was able to enjoy as a country gentleman in his newly acquired estate at Merton in the company of Emma Hamilton and her husband, Sir Wilham Hamilton. The renewal of the war in the spring of 1803 saw Nelson appointed to the Mediterranean Command, hoisting his flag in Victory on May 18th. It was a renewal of the war in more ways than one, not least in the different strengths England and France brought to the conflict. Except where overweening ambition had brought his downfall, Napoleon was entirely dominant on land while the Royal Navy commanded the sea. In the long run, Napoleon could only win the war by invading England but this could not succeed without, at the very least, local naval supremacy in the Channel and Napoleons maritime strategy was largely devoted to achieving this. By the same token British strategy was driven by the need to prevent it. Rather than put .........
Trafalgar - The Destruction of the Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman.
With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the Bucentaure was effectively put out of the rest of the battle, although Admiral Villeneuve himself was to miraculously survive the carnage. Beyong Victory can be seen the French Redoubtable, which is receiving fire from Victorys starboard guns, and the Spanish San Leandro is in the extreme distance. Most of Victorys stunsails have been cut away, but it was her stunsail booms that became entangled with the rigging of the Redoubtable when she put her helm to port and ran onto her. Admiral Nelson fell shortly afterward, having received a fatal wound from a musket ball fired by a French sharpshooter in Redoubtables mizzen fighting top. The Temeraire can be seen approaching the fray to the right.
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Prelude to Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman.
21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry rebuke from Nelson and duly fell into line behind the flagship. The enemy can be seen spread along the horizon whilst, to the right in the distance, the leading ships of Admiral Collingwoods fleet can be seen spearheading a separate assault to the south. In the light airs preceding the battle, much sail was needed to drive the British ships towards the enemy line. HMS Victory, nearest, has royals and stunsails set and is making good way, her furniture boats strung behind in readiness for battle. On her poop deck, officers prepare to run up a signal.
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Prelude to Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
The Death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar by Daniel Maclise.
Admiral Horatio Nelson is seen lying on the deck of HMS Victory after being mortally wounded, hit in the shoulder with the bullet going down through his chest, fired from a French sniper high in the rigging of the French ship Redoubtable, which is entangled with HMS Victory during the later stages of the Battle of Trafalgar. The painting also shows in great detail British sailors performing their duties on board Victory and the French ships rigging entangled in that of Victory. French crew can be seen firing and fighting against the British. Admiral Nelson would be taken below decks where he would die as the battle was won. The original painting which is some 15 metres in length hangs in the Palace of Westminster.
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The Death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar by Daniel Maclise. - Editions Available