Maybe shoot the other guy with a musket rifle. Or give him a good ole' whack with a oar. Serve a proper gunshot and sabre off dozens of limbs at once and kill some more bastards with those pesky sharp and pointy wood fragments flying around. Finally stab some frog eaters with your seaman knife as well. In the guts, you know, really nasty wounds. BUT DARE YOU IF YOU HAPPEN TO TOUCH THAT OAKWOOD CONSOLE! YOU'LL HANG FOR THIS PROFANITY!
jeblackio1985 hell ye thats fuckin awesome always good to have ancestory in the british army, have a grandparent thats now 75 who was a artillery man back at post ww2
Darn, they sure chose the right lad to narrate the history. Well done officer! Rough times though. Imagine a youth at the age of 7 working in the Navy as his parents could not afford to raise him...The officer's knowledge & fluency on the history of this ship is amazing!
I am not sure the tours now would be worse than a tour done in 1993. After all that was a video exclusive, so they could spend more time and production into it.
@@philipbooth7779 I can see the appeal of having limited access, but more info. But I suppose if you know about it, you can watch this video before you go, so you get the best of both worlds.
I'm here exactly 217 years after the death of Lord Nelson to take another look at this marvel of engineering. This really is a must visit for anyone living in or visiting the UK. Incredible experience
This gentleman does a wonderful tour. My English is poor but I was able to translate his presentation easily. Thank you, Sir and the RN for such a wonderful video
I was there as a kid of 14 and the tour was a sailor - it was astonishing and humbling to see this ship and the history it created and sustains today. I will never forget that summer day.
In the US they say the USS Constitution (old iron side) is the oldest commissioned war ship, which was my understanding when visiting it several years ago. They failed to mention the oldest that is not dry docked. Apparently the Victory is 30 years older but dry docked. Both beautiful ships, both mighty for the period and both relatively just as old in the scheme of things.
haha i dont believe in ghosts but theres definitely a sense of death and hard work when traversing the decks of victory. A truly magnificent first rate ship of the line
A huge storm blew in just after the battle and the prize ships that the English had captured were mostly lost. What was striking was the immense and courageous efforts the English sailors took to save the lives of their opponents during this terrible storm. Just as Lord Nelson implored in his famous prayer before the battle "and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet".
I visited the VICTORY at Portsmouth in 1999. Another American visitor told me three times he was a US Naval Academy graduate. Then he corrected one of the VICTORY's tour guides repeatedly. I visited again the next day and the guide asked, "Didn't you bring the admiral today?"
That is a good question, but I don't know enough about Lord Nelson or 1800s naval warfare to answer. But I got the impression the guides were familiar with US Naval Academy know-it-alls.
A very enjoyable tour. Such a magnificent Lady! I knew on some ships used 2-4 men on the wheel, but 4-8, wow! I really liked this. Our guide is excellent! I always love to learn more about the great sailing ships.
Our gun crews were trained and drilled to perfection, both in the rate of fire, and to keep firing when all hell was breaking loose around you. It must have been carnage down there, brave fearless men.
Well most of the men were not volunteers but shanghaied, usually when drunk outside drinking houses. They were brutally whipped into line with the cat. I would think they were frightened fearful white slaves. Total obedience was less painful.
Glorious days, indeed. One can't help but wonder, how many lives would have been spared had not gentleman so cared for another's furniture. It is the place of non-gentleman to substitute for crafted wood.
Thank you for sharing that was a most fascinating listen,I am so glad to be living in the 21th century and not the 17th century,A most frank and harrowing accounts of how life used to be on HMS victory.
Yes it was an enjoyable tour. My wife and I did tour the Victory also with a good guide. I reflect on your comment of time to be alive. I have always said that I/we have lived through the best years on this planet - despite WW11.
Very informative and enlightening as I am constructing a 1.5 metre replica from scratch. Another 2 years to go possibly. Good to see the timbers below. Many thanks.
I am from Japan and passed through England several years ago before interest in military things developed I am so sorry I visited none of the war museums or ship museums. It is now my hobby I am in school in Arizona and tour last two summers seeing military museums. I hope to get to Europe some day. Russia also. big plans for a little girl haha. Attend the University of Arizona, and Pima Air and Space Museum are good tours if you ever here. But Victory will always be my first choice to see. (saw Constitution last year)
+Brad Miller ....I have to correct you...hms victory...is still the oldest commisiond ship in the world...victory is still the flagship of the home fleet...uss constitution is the second oldest commisiond ship in the world
AFLOAT -- specified (see my reply). Have you seen the photo of one of HM early submarines being inspected in Portsmouth harbor? Victory is in the background, apparently not yet in drydock, but just moored. It was on the Great War channel, showed briefly in the segment on submarines in the Great War.
What beautiful ship. How i would love to set eyes on her and step on board. But l am an old New Zealander, and have left my run too late. Not to worry.
I saw this ship when the US Navy made a port call in Pourtsmouth, England in 1983. I was astounded at how small it was. Of course, when you are stationed on a Nimitz class aircraft carrier it becomes a matter of perspective. P.S. Nigel Farage should be Knighted for his services to Her Magesty's Kingdom.
I visited the Victory' for my 2nd time in November 1992. It was a cold and windy day and there were only 3 of us on the tour. Due to the small numbers of tourists, the guide took us to many areas of the ship that normally would not be included. We got to roam around the quarters of the enlisted officers and also areas of the keel and ballast sections, it was a day to remember. Unfortunately (for me) there is only a section of the 2nd deck tier that is original, the rest of the ship has been subsequently (and necessary for conservation) replaced :)
This account of Nelson's final moments was, of course, recorded before Monty Pythons Flying Circus brought the true circumstances of the event to light.
HMS Victory is really special and for one big reason. If you look at most lineships like L'Ocean they got broken up or used as floating artillery batteries to protect ports etc. The fact she remains intact and you can visit her is special enough on it's own all the history around her is just a huge bonus.
Nelson's body did not make it back to England in "perfect" condition. Beatty himself accounts that the body had substantially decayed during the trip back, but would have been worse if rum had been used as many contended at the time. In fact the lid to the cask he was in popped off because of the gasses building up, and the sailor guarding the barrel supposedly thought Nelson had come back to life and was trying to get out. Upon getting back to England his body was put in a lead coffin which was also filled with brandy. All in it was like 75 days or something his corpse spent pickling until he received his hero's burial.
It's the equivalent of today's Ford aircraft carrier, even today you can imagine the power of all those cannons, any ship to get a broadside blast would be vulnerable
The french shooter that it Lord Nelson, was indeed, a very, very good shooter. Shooting with a Mosquet, in a very wobbly plantform, on a moving target, dozens of feet away, and hit it, its a really proence. Great marksman.
Since the then CO of HMS Victory alluded to what sea life was like "in Nelson's time", it's as well to keep in mind what John Masefield (poet laureate) was moved to write of it. Quote: "so that our days might be pleasant, thousands of long dead sailors were dragged, with blows and curses, from their homes. So we might walk erect amoung men, they cringed before tyrants and lost their manhood at the gangway. So we might live on luxuries of the World, they were content to eat salt junk and drink stinking water. They passed in the roaring hell of the gun deck, and lived amoung thieves and infamous folk, that our conversations might be virtuous and our ways right". Unquote.
I'm afraid the last wish Nelson spoke of is not true, as indicated in this clip. He actually wished to be buried on what is now Portsdown Hill overlooking his beloved Portsmouth. Today there is a monument to Nelson on the Hill overlooking the harbour. Because he was considered a hero, he was taken and interred at St. Paul's Cathedral. His last wish not adhered to! He did ask how the battle was going and he was told that the British had indeed won the day. So he knew he had won the battle just prior to dying of his wound.
Nor did he ever say "Kiss me, Hardy" - There must have been a 'journalist' from The Sun on board. What he said was: "Kismet, Hardy" - a Turkish expression for :"It's Fate" Lord Nelson was an admirer of the Turks and, indeed, he always wore a Turkish decoration on his black, bicorn, cocked hat. Known a ' Chelengk', it was awarded to him by the Sultan in honour of the Admiral's victory at The Battle of the Nile in 1798... please see: www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/lord-admiral-horatio-nelson-rotating-gems-chelengk-recreated-decades-after-original-stolen,
An excellent presentation. The heads was at thr front of the ship because that was the direction the wind was blowing. I also believed, but was it true, that live animals were housed on board at the front to provide fresh meat for the senior crew members?
How lucky we are to have this glorious ship still with us, is their any other country in the world that has such a first rater? I can't find one, indecently Sir Thomas Hardy lived to the age of 70 which was a great age then, thanks for uploading
@@willfont1143 Constitution is a frigate. A super-frigate or heavy-frigate technically. It only had 44 guns (well it had more lol) Victory was a first rate with over a hundred guns so it's a different class of ship. Bigger kind. Not as fast or well armoured but carrying a lot more cannon and men. Part of what made the American heavy frigates so dangerous is they nearly weighed as much and carried as much weight of shot as higher rates ships. A frigate technically usually falls in 6th rate to 4th rate.
Not surprised Nelson fell at that brass plate. I nearly tripped over it myself.
LOL!!!
I notice that in this decade, the plaque has been made flush with the boards -- probably because of that joke.
You tripped over Nelson during the battle?😬😲
😂
:))
9:40 gentleman's agreement not to fire on each others furniture. That's funny. During battle every person is free game. But the furniture? No way
Maybe shoot the other guy with a musket rifle. Or give him a good ole' whack with a oar. Serve a proper gunshot and sabre off dozens of limbs at once and kill some more bastards with those pesky sharp and pointy wood fragments flying around. Finally stab some frog eaters with your seaman knife as well. In the guts, you know, really nasty wounds.
BUT DARE YOU IF YOU HAPPEN TO TOUCH THAT OAKWOOD CONSOLE! YOU'LL HANG FOR THIS PROFANITY!
Look here old chap, it's not sporting to fire on ones furniture don't you know. Not right to put holes in the Chippendale what what?
@@johndaarteest are you drunk, old man?
@@the_rover1 im not as think as you drunk I am.
@@johndaarteest that is confusing me.
go ahead good man, and all the best. cheers!
/edit: just swapped _think_ by _drunk_ , makes sense now.
thats my dad doing the presentation
+jeblackio1985 does he always talk like that
+TheIsraeli G lol no he's a frail old matelot now
jeblackio1985 oh shit yeah this is from 1993 so he's like 70 years old now innit?
+TheIsraeli G yeah dude, bless him makes me proud to be the son of a legend 😉
jeblackio1985 hell ye thats fuckin awesome always good to have ancestory in the british army, have a grandparent thats now 75 who was a artillery man back at post ww2
Darn, they sure chose the right lad to narrate the history. Well done officer! Rough times though. Imagine a youth at the age of 7 working in the Navy as his parents could not afford to raise him...The officer's knowledge & fluency on the history of this ship is amazing!
Brilliant, That's how it used to be done. A proper tour with lots of great information. Not like the way they do the tour now. What a smashing bloke.
His Welsh accent is like singing.
I am not sure the tours now would be worse than a tour done in 1993. After all that was a video exclusive, so they could spend more time and production into it.
It's not as good now they let you walk around, I miss the old tours you didn't see as much of the ship but far more interesting.
@@Vlad-1986 they don't do tour's now they let you walk around all over you see more but nobody tells you anything. Not as good.
@@philipbooth7779 I can see the appeal of having limited access, but more info. But I suppose if you know about it, you can watch this video before you go, so you get the best of both worlds.
if there's one thing the british do well, it's documentaries
I Banach-Tarski'd my balls Right.....
They should remake this video in 4K and better audio.
And winning wars..👍🇬🇧
Drummer Boy MacLeod dam right
Well, they used to build very good ships!
I was once a tour guide at a London football club. This Gentleman is on a different level altogether 👌
Hmhs bratnnnic hospital ship
"A Ship of the Line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced" John Ruskin
I'm here exactly 217 years after the death of Lord Nelson to take another look at this marvel of engineering. This really is a must visit for anyone living in or visiting the UK. Incredible experience
i wish i could go but i'm too far away alas
I am very proud to have known the presenter, my friend's Dad.
This gentleman does a wonderful tour. My English is poor but I was able to translate his presentation easily. Thank you, Sir and the RN for such a wonderful video
I was there as a kid of 14 and the tour was a sailor - it was astonishing and humbling to see this ship and the history it created and sustains today. I will never forget that summer day.
Summer day I. 1980….:)
makes me proud to say my father was english and a british sailor in ww11
Matthew Emery world war 11 how did is miss the last 9.
I Think he ment to say wwII
Mr Shovel Bottom I know it’s just jokes 😂
Probably the finest video ever on Naval operations around the year 1800! Thank you!
In the US they say the USS Constitution (old iron side) is the oldest commissioned war ship, which was my understanding when visiting it several years ago. They failed to mention the oldest that is not dry docked. Apparently the Victory is 30 years older but dry docked. Both beautiful ships, both mighty for the period and both relatively just as old in the scheme of things.
haha i dont believe in ghosts but theres definitely a sense of death and hard work when traversing the decks of victory. A truly magnificent first rate ship of the line
get back to picking coconuts in Kerala
My late old man was RN mate not a coconut picker 😂🖕🏾
@@Mike_Untstinks85 That all depends on his trade.
Bosuns and pretty close to being coconut pickers.
@@abrahamdozer6273 he was a CPO RS
@@Mike_Untstinks85 I believe it. He sure knows his shyte.
A huge storm blew in just after the battle and the prize ships that the English had captured were mostly lost. What was striking was the immense and courageous efforts the English sailors took to save the lives of their opponents during this terrible storm. Just as Lord Nelson implored in his famous prayer before the battle "and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet".
What a nice and informatively proud chap. 🇬🇧 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧
He must have been a very seriously wonderful officer to be remembered two hundred plus years after his death. I salute you Admiral Nelson!
I don't know why all this talk of Nelson moves me so deeply, but it does. It tears me up. I honor the man from the bottom of my heart.
@Aussie Pom We didn't do that in the sea cadets in 1948, thank goodness I failed the naval medical with bad eyes.
Joined the RAF instead.
@@gingef5197 Oh great. Airmen with bad eyes ...
There are at least three eyewitness accounts recording that Nelson asked hardy to kiss him.
He did say, Kiss me Hardy.
I prefer John Paul Jones (the English percussionist, not the American admiral)
I visited the VICTORY at Portsmouth in 1999. Another American visitor told me three times he was a US Naval Academy graduate. Then he corrected one of the VICTORY's tour guides repeatedly. I visited again the next day and the guide asked, "Didn't you bring the admiral today?"
Was the Yank correct
That is a good question, but I don't know enough about Lord Nelson or 1800s naval warfare to answer. But I got the impression the guides were familiar with US Naval Academy know-it-alls.
Excellent tour and guide, enjoyed it immensely, my father was in the Royal Navy during WW2
Do not fire at my furniture....Lol. Superb presentation.
That was a great presentation.
Excellent video. Many thanks for posting
Great presentation, just visited Victory and it's great. Searched for more info and found this -GREAT!
went round HMS VICTORY 4 years ago on me 56 birthday ...fulfilled my school boy dream ...
Fascinating! just came across this. Terrific commentary and incredible technology for the age. There's more to wooden boats than meets the eye.
EXCEPTIONALLY well done!!! Thank you.
A very enjoyable tour. Such a magnificent Lady! I knew on some ships used 2-4 men on the wheel, but 4-8, wow! I really liked this. Our guide is excellent! I always love to learn more about the great sailing ships.
Thank you. A most informative detailed account of life on HMS Victory.
Our gun crews were trained and drilled to perfection, both in the rate of fire, and to keep firing when all hell was breaking loose around you.
It must have been carnage down there, brave fearless men.
What about the 60% of pressed men snd the children aka powdermonkeys on board?
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti what about them?
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti thats was them..
Well most of the men were not volunteers but shanghaied, usually when drunk outside drinking houses. They were brutally whipped into line with the cat. I would think they were frightened fearful white slaves. Total obedience was less painful.
@@gingef5197 rubbish
i could listen to him talk about this ship for days
Yes, me too.
fantastic tour,thank you
This is a really valuable educational resource. Brings history to life. Very useful for school projects. Thank you all for making it. BobUK
So much craftsmanship went into these ships.
Although I was only like 6 I´ll never forget touring the Victory. Very recommendable if you´re ever close to portsmouth
Glorious days, indeed. One can't help but wonder, how many lives would have been spared had not gentleman so cared for another's furniture. It is the place of non-gentleman to substitute for crafted wood.
Wonderful thanks for sharing.. Living history.. 👍👍
I love the man talking he's amazing his voice is so soothing ... Great video so enjoyed it!! ✌🏻💗😊❣️
Thank you for sharing that was a most fascinating listen,I am so glad to be living in the 21th century and not the 17th century,A most frank and harrowing accounts of how life used to be on HMS victory.
Yes it was an enjoyable tour. My wife and I did tour the Victory also with a good guide. I reflect on your comment of time to be alive. I have always said that I/we have lived through the best years on this planet - despite WW11.
Great video and a great guy presenting it all
Thank you for the tour sir
Thank you very much for a lot of information about the Ship and the hard life of those pour souls.😢
Fascinating with so many Details that bring reality about life then to mind ! Bravo ! I call these ship Wooden Wonders ! Amazing works of man.
I like that they used video technology from the same time period as the ship. It’s a nice touch.
Ah a gen Zer who doesnt realise his was made in 1992 and vhs was the standard for home video at the time.
@ProudOfYourRoots I assume you understand sarcasm
Very informative and enlightening as I am constructing a 1.5 metre replica from scratch. Another 2 years to go possibly. Good to see the timbers below. Many thanks.
don't forget the heads!
any progress update?
@@robertross7666 updates?
Updates...its 2 years..
Very nice documentary.... I visited this ship when I was about 16 years old... 1974....was very impressed...
I am from Japan and passed through England several years ago before interest in military things developed I am so sorry I visited none of the war museums or ship museums. It is now my hobby I am in school in Arizona and tour last two summers seeing military museums. I hope to get to Europe some day. Russia also. big plans for a little girl haha. Attend the University of Arizona, and Pima Air and Space Museum are good tours if you ever here. But Victory will always be my first choice to see. (saw Constitution last year)
So 9 months later... how's it going?
If you can, stop in to see USS Constitution (oldest commissioned warship afloat, as opposed to in drydock).
+Brad Miller ....I have to correct you...hms victory...is still the oldest commisiond ship in the world...victory is still the flagship of the home fleet...uss constitution is the second oldest commisiond ship in the world
AFLOAT -- specified (see my reply). Have you seen the photo of one of HM early submarines being inspected in Portsmouth harbor? Victory is in the background, apparently not yet in drydock, but just moored. It was on the Great War channel, showed briefly in the segment on submarines in the Great War.
Bear Down!
Thank you I was so impressed there is know doubt the sailors were brave tuff men thank you for your commentary it was brilliant,
What beautiful ship. How i would love to set eyes on her and step on board. But l am an old New Zealander, and have left my run too late. Not to worry.
I saw this ship when the US Navy made a port call in Pourtsmouth, England in 1983. I was astounded at how small it was. Of course, when you are stationed on a Nimitz class aircraft carrier it becomes a matter of perspective. P.S. Nigel Farage should be Knighted for his services to Her Magesty's Kingdom.
I visited the Victory' for my 2nd time in November 1992. It was a cold and windy day and there were only 3 of us on the tour. Due to the small numbers of tourists, the guide took us to many areas of the ship that normally would not be included. We got to roam around the quarters of the enlisted officers and also areas of the keel and ballast sections, it was a day to remember. Unfortunately (for me) there is only a section of the 2nd deck tier that is original, the rest of the ship has been subsequently (and necessary for conservation) replaced :)
...also replaced the English tour guide with a t*rdworld in our naval uniform
I saw the Constitution once and it was really cool. Would love to see the Victory one day.
Very well done and informative tour
Terry Hill, top bloke!!
Hahaha he's a UA-cam sensation now Olly
love the talk on this ship.
This account of Nelson's final moments was, of course, recorded before Monty Pythons Flying Circus brought the true circumstances of the event to light.
Wonderful video. Thank you
HMS Victory is really special and for one big reason. If you look at most lineships like L'Ocean they got broken up or used as floating artillery batteries to protect ports etc. The fact she remains intact and you can visit her is special enough on it's own all the history around her is just a huge bonus.
What a brilliant video, thanks
I really enjoyed this! We don’t make good documentaries anymore
16:36 The carnage that would've wrought.
Jesus, like that 20 mm scene at the end of Saving Private Ryan
Sailors had it easy compared to infantry when it comes to grape shot. And by easy I mean ever so slightly less horrific.
so this is from 93 and they expected it to be done by 2005 , holy crap thats a long time to fix a single ship
I would love to visit this vessel. I've always been fascinated by it. If I was ever in England I would make it a must.
It is a photographic gem too, and a memorable experience. Right next to it is The 'Mary Rose'.
This is from the nineties? It's crazy how much naval technology has advanced in just over 2 decades! :O
So true
I want on there yesterday with mum dad and nan and granddad x
Stunning. In a world full of wood.
>nelson was only 5'5
i now feel much better about myself
great and informative video✨
I visited her in April this year. She’s looking good for 2 and a half centuries old
its amazing to see this glorious gem of history. also, the ship is okay.
Yes that was a good presentation
Had a few parties on her. Thanks, PO(S) Gary Greaves (RiP)
Nelson's body did not make it back to England in "perfect" condition. Beatty himself accounts that the body had substantially decayed during the trip back, but would have been worse if rum had been used as many contended at the time. In fact the lid to the cask he was in popped off because of the gasses building up, and the sailor guarding the barrel supposedly thought Nelson had come back to life and was trying to get out. Upon getting back to England his body was put in a lead coffin which was also filled with brandy. All in it was like 75 days or something his corpse spent pickling until he received his hero's burial.
Rumour has it the barrel was drained a bit as well - hence the RN phrase "tapping the Admiral" meaning to have a drink
It is said that the sailors guarding his body tapped the barrel so often for a crafty drink that Nelson was high and dry when he reached port.
@@russellbeaumont310 subsequently rum was known as "Nelson's Blood"
This is so cool now i just got to go and personaly se the captions corters
Well done, sir!
JUST A WONDERFUL TOUR OF THE PAST WITH BRITAIN'S MOST FAMOUS SHIP!!
Great tour!
Man life was rough back then... Wow!!!
I had NO IDEA they had VHS back then!:)
hahah
Indeed.Of course the French and Spanish used Betamax.
It's the equivalent of today's Ford aircraft carrier, even today you can imagine the power of all those cannons, any ship to get a broadside blast would be vulnerable
your dad did a great job - very British !
Breathtaking
Old Soldiers Never Die. They Just Keep Marching On!
It is my dream to tour this ship one day
Great tour.
The french shooter that it Lord Nelson, was indeed, a very, very good shooter.
Shooting with a Mosquet, in a very wobbly plantform, on a moving target, dozens of feet away, and hit it, its a really proence.
Great marksman.
It was more luck than judgement, firing smoothbore from the Mizzentop.
@@capnkit there's no such thing as luck.. Only in lottery.
Clearly you've never fired a smooth bore weapon.
@@capnkit if you say so. You right... Or maybe Not.
Well I have most leading ballistics guys and historians in agreement, but I am not saying those posted to the fighting tops would blaze away randomly!
Are the masts measure from the waterline, the keel, or the deck?
Since the then CO of HMS Victory alluded to what sea life was like "in Nelson's time", it's as well to keep in mind what John Masefield (poet laureate) was moved to write of it. Quote: "so that our days might be pleasant, thousands of long dead sailors were dragged, with blows and curses, from their homes. So we might walk erect amoung men, they cringed before tyrants and lost their manhood at the gangway. So we might live on luxuries of the World, they were content to eat salt junk and drink stinking water. They passed in the roaring hell of the gun deck, and lived amoung thieves and infamous folk, that our conversations might be virtuous and our ways right". Unquote.
Always look on the bright side of life, dum te dum la la.
Very informative.
I'm afraid the last wish Nelson spoke of is not true, as indicated in this clip. He actually wished to be buried on what is now Portsdown Hill overlooking his beloved Portsmouth. Today there is a monument to Nelson on the Hill overlooking the harbour. Because he was considered a hero, he was taken and interred at St. Paul's Cathedral. His last wish not adhered to! He did ask how the battle was going and he was told that the British had indeed won the day. So he knew he had won the battle just prior to dying of his wound.
Nor did he ever say "Kiss me, Hardy" - There must have been a 'journalist' from The Sun on board. What he said was:
"Kismet, Hardy" - a Turkish expression for :"It's Fate"
Lord Nelson was an admirer of the Turks and, indeed, he always wore a Turkish decoration on his black, bicorn, cocked hat. Known a ' Chelengk', it was awarded to him by the Sultan in honour of the Admiral's victory at The Battle of the Nile in 1798... please see:
www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/lord-admiral-horatio-nelson-rotating-gems-chelengk-recreated-decades-after-original-stolen,
Hamish Blyth
There are at least three eyewitness accounts recording that Nelson asked Hardy to kiss him. Kiss me Hardy.
An excellent presentation. The heads was at thr front of the ship because that was the direction the wind was blowing.
I also believed, but was it true, that live animals were housed on board at the front to provide fresh meat for the senior crew members?
excellent resume
great tour
Very educational and interesting.
How lucky we are to have this glorious ship still with us, is their any other country in the world that has such a first rater? I can't find one, indecently Sir Thomas Hardy lived to the age of 70 which was a great age then, thanks for uploading
I think you may be correct. It is the only first rate preserved
@@BeKindToBirds USS Constitution?
@@willfont1143 Constitution is a frigate. A super-frigate or heavy-frigate technically. It only had 44 guns (well it had more lol)
Victory was a first rate with over a hundred guns so it's a different class of ship. Bigger kind. Not as fast or well armoured but carrying a lot more cannon and men.
Part of what made the American heavy frigates so dangerous is they nearly weighed as much and carried as much weight of shot as higher rates ships. A frigate technically usually falls in 6th rate to 4th rate.
Thank you for posting and sharing,
Can someone please tell me the song/tune @ 7:45? Thanks.....
Great men in history were short
Wow this ship is very nice and I like this video
Brilliant 👍