Military


HMS Victory

Specifications
Tonnage - Displacement3,500 tons
Tonnage - Burthen 2,162 tons
Length overall - bowsprit to taffrail * 328 feet
Length - bowsprit to taffrail * 226 feet 6 ins ???
Length - figure head to taffrail * 226 feet 6 ins **
Length of gun-deck 186 feet 0 ins
Length of keel151 feet 3 ins
Bowsprit - length beyond ships head110 ft
Beam52 feet 0 ins
Depth of hold21 feet 6 ins
Speed 8-9 knots (10 miles per hour)
10-11 knots (12 miles per hour) maximum recorded
Armament
1778
Lower deck30 long32-pounders
Middle deck30 long24-pounders
Main deck32 long12-pounders
Upper deck12 short 12-pounders
104 Guns
  • In 1793 she had four 32-pr. carronades substituted on upper deck, and six 18-pr. carronades added on the poop, making her total number of guns at this time 110.
  • The six last were subsequently removed, as at Trafalgar she had no guns on the poop.
  • In 1803, two 68-pr. carronades were placed on the forecastle, instead of two 32-pr., when the weight of her broadside fired from 52 guns was 1,160 pounds.
  • Complement
    * the aftermost railing around the stern of a ship, often, but not always, ornately carved.

    ** the widely cited 226 foot number surely relates to the figurehead, not the tip of the bowsprit, since otherwise the other cited length numbers are evidently inconsistent

    DateThree-deckers.Two-deckers. 
    no. of guns ....10098 and 908074 70646053 44 402420
    Established Dimensions
    1719 Length on gundeck, ft. in.174 0164 0158 0 ...151 0...144 0 134 0... 124 0 ..106 0
    length of keel for tonnage, ft. in 140 7132 5 128 2 . .. 123 2. .. 117 7109 8.. 101 8.. 87 9
    Breadth, extreme, ft. In. 50 047 2 44 6 .. 41 6 ...39 036 0...33 2...28 4
    Depth in hold ft. in. 20 018 1017 4 .. 16 8.. 16 5 15 2 .. .. 14 0 .. 9 2
    Burthen in tons1,8691,5661,350.. 1128.. 931756...594.. 374
    1733 Length on gun deck, ft. In. 174 0166 0 158 0 . 151 0. . .144 0 134 0116 4 .. .. 108 3
    Length of keel for tonnage. ft. in 140 7134 1 127 8 . 124 0...122 0106 0100 3 .. .. 85 8
    Breadth, extreme, ft. in. 50 0 47 9 45 5 .. 43 5 .. 41 5 38 6 35 8 .. .. 30 6
    Depth in hold ft. in. 20 6 19 6 18 7 .. 17 9 .. 16 11 15 914 6 .. .. 9 5
    Burthen in tons18691623 1400...1224 .. 1068 853678 .. .. 429
    1741 Length on gundeck, ft. in.175 0164 0161 0...154 0...147 0140 0126 0......112 0
    Length of keel for tonnage, ft. in142 4137 0130 10...125 5...119 9113 9 102 6....91 6
    Breadth, extreme, ft. in.42 050 0 48 0..46 0..44 040 0 36 0....32 0
    Depth in hold. ft. in. .21 020 2 19 4.. 18 11..18 117 2 15 5....11 0
    Burthen in tons189216791472...1291...1123968 706......498
    1745 Length on gundeck, ft. in.178 0 170 0 165 0 . 144 6 138 4 134 10
    Length of keel for tonage160 0 131 4. . 150 0 144 0133 0 ' .. 113 0
    Breadth, extreme, ft. in. i.. 123 0} 117 1410S 10 .. 93 4
    Depth In hold, ft. in. . . .11 0 4s 6 47 0 . 21 6 20 6 20 0 ..45 0 19 4 1414..42 8 41 0 .. 6 17 8 . . 1191 10523" 6 .. 32 0 16 0 .. ( 11 0
    Burthen in tons2000 1730 1585814508
    Complement of men
    171978068O520... 190130
    1733850750600...
    1741850750600...
    1745850750650600
    440 365 280 480 i 400 0 520400 400 300 300 350250 250 ' .. 280 < .... 140 140
    TM
    750 750600 .. 650 6047(1 420160
    Arms
    l(1745{Muskets, bayonets, c«rt-| ridge-boxes . j Pidrs of pistols .... Pole-axes (boanllng-axes) Swords (cutlasses) with) belts 1 200"LOO 200 | ..11801 ..|120100 .. ..M
    .10 505050 ! .. 50 ....50 .. 50 ..40 403?! :: ::
    50
    Jim Mil 200 200200 ..200 ..14*120 .. , .. 100 . . ..HO 100
    Hand gr naiies ....200 '..1.-0 . .100
    Anchors
    !1719 1745( Weight of bower anchors.) I cwts. ... /TT 8167-5 73-561-5 ..51-5.. I 46-5 6339-5 .. 31-5 .. 21 49 40-.1 .. 29-5
    ( Weight of bower anchors, i t cwts. ... j69-5 69-5 58-7
    1
    Cables
    .Tmo/Diameter of bower cables, i 3 1 In . t2'J 2321 22 2219-5 21.. 18'5 2017-5 .. 16 .. 14 19 17-5 .. 15
    1745(Diameter of bovver cables, i [ to. . . /24



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