Started this late at night, thinking I’d watch a little and finish it in the morning. It’s 1:36 a.m. and I just finished it. I couldn’t stop it in the middle.
For the age this ship and attention to detail really is the naval transportation and combat at it's best. Makes you wonder how many mistakes and accidents it took to perfect a ship like this. Amazing attention to detail Epic History TV
And to carry that further into modern ships. It is easy to look at a boiler system and think "how could someone conceive of this amazing and complex machine?" Amazing to be sure, but the culmination of several thousand years of naval technological evolution.
Praise Jesus, the one who can save you from eternal death. If you just put all your trust in Him, you will find eternal life. But, you may be ashamed by the World as He was. But don't worry, because the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, and it's up to you to choose this world or That / Heaven or Hell. "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, *teaching* them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of seasonal". Amen."
I’m lucky to live only 10 miles from where Victory sits in dry dock and have visited it many times since I was young. Such an incredible piece of British History, its a shame she isn’t still seaworthy.
I believe the plan is to restore her to the level that she is floating, but that she will never go to sea again. Probably understandable really. While most of a First Rates 900 or so crew were the gunner, the sailing crew was still close to 200 men. A big Fifth Rate like USS Constitution requires a sailing crew of around 50. Smaller age of sail ships require even smaller sailing crews.... So the chances of being able to find enough RN Sailors able to actually CREW HMS Victory are slim to none. Especially when we start look at the Topmen who were the most skilled of the ships sailing crew, and undertook the most dangerous job (outside of battle), dealing with the upper series of sails on the top masts....
Fantastic video! I spent 2 weeks in London in 2005 on business. My only day off was spent in Portsmouth touring the HMS Victory. It was the highlight of my UK visit.
It was an epic visit during our vacation in southern England, along with many more museums and historical sites. My father - who is a naval enthusiast - was particularily smitten with Portsmouth and the Royal Navy Dockyard. Regard to everyone dedicated to preserving history and for showing all in all kindness, enthusiasm and friendship while our visit. Best Regards from Germany, and keep up the good work!
This makes an excellent companion to Master & Commander, helping me appreciate one of my favorite movies, and one of the best historical war movies of all time, all the more. God, King, and Country!
No please god no. Master and Commander is a masterpiece that’s true to its source material which in themselves are masterpieces. The last thing we need is “Modern” Hollywood getting their filthy little hands on anything related to Patrick O’Brians works
When I was in a spot of bother at work, I used to watch the opening battle from that film. It used to raise my morale and I would make my phone calls with confidence. Ultimately I outwitted the french spoken , yet British of course..... mort (death) gauge (grip )using my brain and my greatest ally......the truth. I've heard beautiful forests covered most of Ireland. All stolen to serve the empire. We could have been good allies. Just as we showed the vikings could be beaten.......we showed the world how the greatest empire could be cracked. Hopefully Russia is starting to Crack now thanks to the greatest value the west has, empathy. Something the British then and Russkis now, are well short of........
@@TheSubpremeState yes the timber was in such short supply in GB and Ireland that Canada and even the 13 colonies supplied most of the oak and other types of timber
After watching Master and Commander, I read the books, which then lead me to Uthred of Babinburg. What a wonderful literary and historical journey. I'm very grateful for it.
@@JohnyG29through Sharpe perhaps. Even if the commenter hasn’t read any Sharpe, buying O’Brian books on Amazon for example will probably lead to Cornwell’s books being recommended because of the Napoleonic link. And the fact that Cornwell is arguably the biggest name in historical fiction
Amazing video - even the BBC would have been very proud to have made a video of this quality. Epic History TV continue to lead the way on historical content. Thank you so much @Epic History TV - more than deserving of the name.
Nah, the BBC or History Channel has never made anything as informing or as detailed as these videos made by EHTV. UA-cam is a blessing to anyone interested in human history.
If you ever go to Portsmouth definitely visit the ship! The Tudor Mary Rose is also on display with a fantastic collection of artefacts. Seeing where Nelson was first shot & then died is a really strange & moving experience: you try to imagine being there at the time, with the terrible noise of battle, the smoke, the injured & dead. Standing on the deck in the sunshine, hundreds of years later, is surreal.
As someonje who is Portsmouth born and bred I still get a funny feeling when ever I see the ship. The entire historic dockyard is well worth a visit if you love history.
Yeah it’s a beautiful ship mate, I’ve been on the Victory 3 times and I’d love to visit the ship again someday, Nelson was my childhood hero buddy in my opinion he did more for Britain’s security than any other person in our history but that’s just my opinion it doesn’t mean it’s right and Nelson’s personal cabin was just beautiful mate it’s really worth a visit and the people of that time must’ve been really short cause I had to duck all around the lower decks but like it’s a beautiful ship to go on buddy I really hope that you do get to visit the Victory one day my friend.
The basic breakdowns of sails and rigging and methods, anchor types etc. this is an excellent showing of how warships were built and manned. Very well done without a bunch of Bs filler. Keep it Joe Friday.
This is such a detailed and in depth history of an 1800's Warship... seriously one of the best episodes I've ever watched. I love the detail. I love everything that they say. I love naval history and this is one of the best ones i've ever watched
@@karlwithak. Do you want to pay 90% in taxes with no benefits? No health care, no roads. Nothing. Back then all the money went to war and the rich. On the other hand how many private ships are there today? How many freight ships, oil ships, ferries, cruise ships, super yachts, and personal boats? Today there are 1000x more ships per person, and we can all afford one. Back than most people could not even afford a row boat. People like you really disgust me with your dumb, brainless comments. And to think you vote.
This video is fantastic for learning the terminology of the parts and maintenance of running any major sailing ship in the late 18th or early 19th centuries.
I used to walk past Victory every day for about a year when I was in the Navy as a teenager. Unfortunately I had little sense of history in those days and was not really interested. It was only later in life I realised how amazing that experience was.
Im not usually a sailing guy at all. But Im jsut awestruck by big battleships. its so hard to imagine that people actually lived in those conditions and had such a good morale. I lift my hat to the makers of this documentary. it is so well mad even I as a mediocre english speaker understand everything and really get a feel for everything.
This gives me goosebumps and I am not even British!!! I am only a few minutes in... My hats off to you Brits! That is STILL one helluva ship! From a Southern Rebel!!!
Could not be better researched, compiled and presented . A superb educative journey through a brilliant period of The Royal Navy. Finally a moment of respect and tribute to the men who served , suffered and died in such ships and served the country with such distinction and honour .
I live in Portsmouth NH , I would love to see this in person. When I was a kid, my uncle and big brother would always take me to see the USS Constitution. I was absolutely fascinated by its history. These sailing ships are so beautiful. I remember when I first saw a picture of HMS Victory I thought it was some artist’s wild imagination at work with all of those guns.
Thank you so much for this video. I learned more about sailing ships and the Victory in this one hour than a lifetime of other videos. I saw her in 1977, but didn’t learn much.
I am ex royal navy, and I am very proud to watch this amazing informative documentary, GREAT britain 🇬🇧 this was Unfortunately the island is no longer capable of anything like this now
@@causewaykayakIt’s economics. Britain simply can’t afford it. It can’t even afford to house and provide adequate healthcare for its people. And, that’s NOT due to immigrants. The “betrayal” has been by decades of corrupt politicians and their rich puppet-masters who the British people, like the good little serfs that they are, have repeatedly voted in themselves. So, there is NO “we were betrayed”.
When I served in the RN my usually tied up at fountain lake jetty in Pompey (Portsmouth), and I often had to walk past the Victory to collect signals from the Dockyard signals office. Always made sure I walked past the decorated stern and its windows etc. As the dock Caison had a walkway on top of it. Also whilst out jogging through did the same. Very strong sense of history walking past the ship in the dark quiet of night in winter, especially being a young (sprog) sailor. Huzzah to the immortal memory of Admiral Nelson the the crew of the Victory.
@@jakebellamy543 Not really, only among the people that would care. The UK's tallest statue is Nelson's column however, it looks directly over to Buckingham Palace - I can't overemphasize how monumental Nelson's victory at Trafalgar was for the UK, it is comparable with American Independence day for the impact it had on the British psyche at the time. One could definitely argue there was no single military engagement in the history of the UK that was more decisive and it's impact long lasting than Trafalgar.
This is an amazing documentary. I can only imagine what it would be like to be on a boat like this with a motivated and experienced crew. So much going on at any given time. What a cool piece of military history. Well done!
Incredibly created...related with dramatic connection to such fine ships.. their crews.. positions and duties.. Epic from the videos stem to stern.. with much more interesting marine terminology that these two basic ones.. I salute you all and the Victory 😊
Have a lovely day wherever you are, i hope in 2123 this post is still here for people to be wished a lovely day , a voice from the past or written time capsule Love your family, respect all life and above all have a lovely day Dave 😊
This was an absolutely brilliant documentary probably the best I’ve seen, the detailed and clear explanation, the fantastic visuals and dramatic music. Loved every second of it, well done
Wow! So far THE best and complete historical review and explanation of this era, this battle ship, this magnificent time period in history. What an organization it took to operate this behemoth, thank you for this video, excellent.
that 53 minutes really taught me something that I heard about so many times but this was one of the best. I like how it shows you step by step not just blotched and splattered all over the place.
I’ve visited her when I was a child. But I only realized how powerful and important she was when I played the Total War games. Meaning, only then I understood that this kind of ship, a 1st rate ship of the line, was the most powerful class. The monster amongst other monsters. All the best to everyone
Had the chance to visit Victory in July of this year and had a wonderful time getting to tour the ship and also see some of the conservation work that was being done!
I love this channel. The scope of historical era is fabulous and the narration excellent. I always learn something new about a point in history when I watch these vods. Simply brilliant.
I would truly love to visit her in my lifetime, a live in Aus and cant travel much due to limited mobility, still, this video was incredibly well put together and I'm so happy to hear that after all this time she is being kept in her prime and most pristine condition, as someone thoroughly interested in naval history it makes my heart happy lol thanks again Epic History.
Fascinating. The RN Admiralty at Greenwich and HMS Victory that is dry docked at Portsmouth are not to be missed. Neither will disappoint, it gives you a decent snapshot of what early 19th Century Britain might have looked like. Thanks for the doco, well made, informative.
What an incredible video. In the video game Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Commodore Chamberlain said to a pirate and his mates that if he had things his way, he would have seen them all hung from their own crosstrees (he hated the Kings pardon). I always wondered what he meant by "crosstrees", now I do.
I’m retired. I delivered yachts for a living and thought I knew a little about sailing…It appears I knew VERY little about sailing. This is an interesting video. Thank you.
The best overview of Napoleonic Period British navy I have ever seen. And I have read numerous non-fiction and fictional accounts of the period! Fantastic!
Some people might argue that Trafalgar is a major reason of Napoleon’s downfall With the victory at trafalgar, the British secured the sea! Which meant it had a huge impact on Napoleons Supplies!
Without the British Victory at Trafalgar it would of been a lot harder for Wellington to land his armies in Portugal if the Franco-Spanish fleets had been at sea!!
I spent a couple of days down in Portsmouth recently and ticked off the bucket list of visiting Victory. Even swaddled n scaffolding and stripped of her rigging and main mast, she’s glorious!
I've seen her several times with her full masts and rigging. And what a site. Another 5 or so years she will be looking great again for future generations.
Thank you Epic History TV for presenting and sharing this very important, historic, educational documentary on HMS Victory. I found this very interesting and it has extended my limited knowledge of this famous warship. I am so grateful and would like to thank you and all those skilled professional men and women who are currently involved with her repair and preservation for our future generations and world enthusiasts who will want to come and see our cherished British ship and appreciate how our country appreciates, preserves and looks after it's past history. God Bless her.
I never thought wooden ships would be this sophisticated and well designed before we had machines or industrial power, how have I undersitimated our ancestors
Until you see it, you just can’t grasp just how Huge this thing is. Amazing. It’s such a Colossal build. And they did it All with the most basic hand tools. Seriously, it’s an amazing thing to see
I was gobsmacked when I saw Victory at Portsmouth. So big . But this video puts a complete new light onlife on board. What a life these men were really men. Very informative and well presented video . Many thanks.
Really enjoyable watch.i have always wanted to go and see victory but living way up north in Scotland I have never had the chance.its amazing these ships traveled so far with so many men and fought battles I just couldn't imagine what it would be like to be away for years no choppers to come help or places to find you no radio comms those guys we're a different breed very tough.
Im french and Swiss, 45yrs old. I always loved only one thing in school, a part girl and parting on week end: history! Mate, with a such channel, you could make love napoleon period and history to the entire world ! What a work ! So interesting and playfull storytelling !! Bravo
I'm equally thrilled that the algorithm brought me this and worried about how much time I will spend looking for more of the same. After I re-watch Master & Commander for the 4th time.
Fortunately for the onlooker, that much sail would never be flown in battle, however even under the sails that would be flown in battle, it is still a terrifying sight nonetheless.
What a terrific presentation! A ton of good, hard information, accompanied by detailed schematics and rich paintings of the era. Narrator's voice and style are perfect. This is the kind of premium video that UA-cam was made for. I salute the creative director and the producers of this program.
This is the best video of a navy sail ship I have ever seen. Very impressive and informative. You gained a new subscriber and I will share this video. Very good job.
The amount of detail and the amount of information packed into this documentary blew me away. Had me hooked every second, I can't believe it was free.
Knocked my socks off, to be honest.
yes amazingly informative
Started this late at night, thinking I’d watch a little and finish it in the morning. It’s 1:36 a.m. and I just finished it. I couldn’t stop it in the middle.
I'm not even into ships from the sailing era and this is one of the best military documentaries I've ever seen.
Nothing is free, it took 1 hour of ur life but it is not a big deal since u are wasing it anyway
I'm 59. Never before have I seen so much useful information, explained clearly, crammed into 54 minutes.
This was a work of love!
I'm 60 and I agree with you.
Have a great weekend everyone ❤😊
Hey you too! And happy halloween
You too
You too mate, have a good one
No u
You too chief, have a good one.
For the age this ship and attention to detail really is the naval transportation and combat at it's best. Makes you wonder how many mistakes and accidents it took to perfect a ship like this. Amazing attention to detail Epic History TV
It's really amazing.
And to carry that further into modern ships. It is easy to look at a boiler system and think "how could someone conceive of this amazing and complex machine?"
Amazing to be sure, but the culmination of several thousand years of naval technological evolution.
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"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, *teaching* them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, even to the end of seasonal". Amen."
Visiting HMS Victory in Portsmouth dockyard was one of the most memorable and worthwhile experiences of my very long life.
Same, twice!!
I need to visit it, I’m all the way up north though
@HT-gv1be I visited it from Australia. A few hundred miles is no problem. Just do it. You won't be disappointed.
I’m lucky to live only 10 miles from where Victory sits in dry dock and have visited it many times since I was young.
Such an incredible piece of British History, its a shame she isn’t still seaworthy.
The history is glorious and can be in the past. I would love to see this ship.
I believe the plan is to restore her to the level that she is floating, but that she will never go to sea again. Probably understandable really. While most of a First Rates 900 or so crew were the gunner, the sailing crew was still close to 200 men. A big Fifth Rate like USS Constitution requires a sailing crew of around 50. Smaller age of sail ships require even smaller sailing crews.... So the chances of being able to find enough RN Sailors able to actually CREW HMS Victory are slim to none. Especially when we start look at the Topmen who were the most skilled of the ships sailing crew, and undertook the most dangerous job (outside of battle), dealing with the upper series of sails on the top masts....
As a American to me it's the most wonderful ship on the planet .
I live about 2 miles away from it.
I live 18,400km away but viewing victory was still worth the trip!@@Released_Sausage
What an engaging documentary - 53 minutes felt like 15. Thank you for such a well rendered and researched documentary.
Fantastic video! I spent 2 weeks in London in 2005 on business. My only day off was spent in Portsmouth touring the HMS Victory. It was the highlight of my UK visit.
What sort of business?
I believe it was Nunya business@@Saurischian
It was an epic visit during our vacation in southern England, along with many more museums and historical sites. My father - who is a naval enthusiast - was particularily smitten with Portsmouth and the Royal Navy Dockyard. Regard to everyone dedicated to preserving history and for showing all in all kindness, enthusiasm and friendship while our visit.
Best Regards from Germany, and keep up the good work!
This makes an excellent companion to Master & Commander, helping me appreciate one of my favorite movies, and one of the best historical war movies of all time, all the more. God, King, and Country!
I have seen few videos that can match the quality of this one. The narrative, the graphics, the scope are just top notch!
As a Maltese and coming from a family of a sea fairing tradition, I enjoyed this video very much……Thank you.
Malta is a beautiful country with a great history, much respect to the Maltese from a Briton 🇬🇧🇲🇹
We need another "Master & Commander" film.
No please god no. Master and Commander is a masterpiece that’s true to its source material which in themselves are masterpieces. The last thing we need is “Modern” Hollywood getting their filthy little hands on anything related to Patrick O’Brians works
When I was in a spot of bother at work, I used to watch the opening battle from that film. It used to raise my morale and I would make my phone calls with confidence. Ultimately I outwitted the french spoken , yet British of course..... mort (death) gauge (grip )using my brain and my greatest ally......the truth.
I've heard beautiful forests covered most of Ireland. All stolen to serve the empire. We could have been good allies. Just as we showed the vikings could be beaten.......we showed the world how the greatest empire could be cracked. Hopefully Russia is starting to Crack now thanks to the greatest value the west has, empathy. Something the British then and Russkis now, are well short of........
@@TheSubpremeState yes the timber was in such short supply in GB and Ireland that Canada and even the 13 colonies supplied most of the oak and other types of timber
Oh that would be amazing. Give it a bit more sea shanties and I'll be set.
I'd like to see a miniseries based on the career of Thomas Cochrane or HMS Bellerophon, or "Billy Ruffian", as she was known to her crew.
After watching Master and Commander, I read the books, which then lead me to Uthred of Babinburg. What a wonderful literary and historical journey. I'm very grateful for it.
Why would Mr O'Brian's books lead you to Mr Cornwell's books?
@@JohnyG29through Sharpe perhaps. Even if the commenter hasn’t read any Sharpe, buying O’Brian books on Amazon for example will probably lead to Cornwell’s books being recommended because of the Napoleonic link. And the fact that Cornwell is arguably the biggest name in historical fiction
Hornblower book series is the best!
@@charliereader3462 exactly. Thank you.
Amazing video - even the BBC would have been very proud to have made a video of this quality. Epic History TV continue to lead the way on historical content.
Thank you so much @Epic History TV - more than deserving of the name.
Nah........yer allrite..
The "BBC" is more interested in remoaning, LGBTQ+ and critical race theory kinds of things these days...
☹️🏴🇬🇧
@@glennmoreland6457what’s “remoaning”
The BBC are full of bourgeois Pinkos these days, they hate our cultural identity and history.
Co dependent cry babies who are upset they have lost the mothering hand of Brussels and the EU. And still have not grown up .
Nah, the BBC or History Channel has never made anything as informing or as detailed as these videos made by EHTV.
UA-cam is a blessing to anyone interested in human history.
Happy Trafalgar day! Was expecting the trafalgar video to be published today but this sure as hell also serves the purpose!
A Great Trafalgar day!
All hail to HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson, and the British fleet!!! Great work Epic History TV!!!
If you ever go to Portsmouth definitely visit the ship! The Tudor Mary Rose is also on display with a fantastic collection of artefacts.
Seeing where Nelson was first shot & then died is a really strange & moving experience: you try to imagine being there at the time, with the terrible noise of battle, the smoke, the injured & dead. Standing on the deck in the sunshine, hundreds of years later, is surreal.
Visited her 3 times already
@@AverageAlien lucky im hoping too one day
As someonje who is Portsmouth born and bred I still get a funny feeling when ever I see the ship. The entire historic dockyard is well worth a visit if you love history.
@@kingseb2252 no rush, she's under a tent right now
The history is glorious，I would love to go to Portsmouth
WoW!!! Having served in the U.S. Navy, I really want to go and see this great ship personally. It's on my bucket list for sure. 👍
Yeah it’s a beautiful ship mate, I’ve been on the Victory 3 times and I’d love to visit the ship again someday, Nelson was my childhood hero buddy in my opinion he did more for Britain’s security than any other person in our history but that’s just my opinion it doesn’t mean it’s right and Nelson’s personal cabin was just beautiful mate it’s really worth a visit and the people of that time must’ve been really short cause I had to duck all around the lower decks but like it’s a beautiful ship to go on buddy I really hope that you do get to visit the Victory one day my friend.
If you do visit England HMS Belfast a World War 2 Battle Cruiser, mored on the river Thames in London is also well worth a visit!
Belfast was (is) a Light Cruiser and not a Battle Cruiser. @@davidsaville5239
@@mrfugazi6713HMS Warrior might be more suited to you, more headspace!
@@insertafunnynamehere4426 HMS Warrior is in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Most ships are famous because they sunk. Victory is famous because she survived.
Never even heard of it until today
@@ShadeRaven222Titanic, Lusitania, Britannic, Oceanic, Oceanos, Lakonia, Queen Elizabeth, Andrea Doria etc, all famous because they sunk.
Not only survived, but won her battles.
Most ships don’t what to be famous then.
Because it never fought after 1820s
The basic breakdowns of sails and rigging and methods, anchor types etc. this is an excellent showing of how warships were built and manned. Very well done without a bunch of Bs filler. Keep it Joe Friday.
This is such a detailed and in depth history of an 1800's Warship... seriously one of the best episodes I've ever watched. I love the detail. I love everything that they say. I love naval history and this is one of the best ones i've ever watched
Such a massive ship, 3000 trees, more weight of shot than in Wellington's entire army. I can't believe she was only expected to last 18 years!
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@@karlwithak. Do you want to pay 90% in taxes with no benefits? No health care, no roads. Nothing. Back then all the money went to war and the rich. On the other hand how many private ships are there today? How many freight ships, oil ships, ferries, cruise ships, super yachts, and personal boats? Today there are 1000x more ships per person, and we can all afford one. Back than most people could not even afford a row boat. People like you really disgust me with your dumb, brainless comments. And to think you vote.
@karlwithak. To be metal is more expensive but with their economy yeah I understand where your coming from
18 years is a long time for a battle ship!
@@michael-4k4000 im gonna touch you
I’m now realizing how much engineering it took to make these ships
Dr. Alexander Clarke has two videos on the shipbuilding for Trafalgar.
Lies.
True
Almost half as much work as the amount of adverts
And they don't even have an engine at all
This video is fantastic for learning the terminology of the parts and maintenance of running any major sailing ship in the late 18th or early 19th centuries.
An amazing film with stunning attention to detail. A must watch & an insight into how Britain ruled the waves! 🇬🇧
To simultaneously defeat both the second and third largest navy’s in the world in a single afternoon is extraordinary.
I used to walk past Victory every day for about a year when I was in the Navy as a teenager. Unfortunately I had little sense of history in those days and was not really interested. It was only later in life I realised how amazing that experience was.
Im not usually a sailing guy at all. But Im jsut awestruck by big battleships. its so hard to imagine that people actually lived in those conditions and had such a good morale. I lift my hat to the makers of this documentary. it is so well mad even I as a mediocre english speaker understand everything and really get a feel for everything.
This gives me goosebumps and I am not even British!!! I am only a few minutes in... My hats off to you Brits! That is STILL one helluva ship! From a Southern Rebel!!!
Rebel like traitor?
@@johnsnow6019 yup a traitor
it's nice to get the full video of HMS Victory 218 years to the day she won at Trafalgar.
Absolutely first class with hardly a detail missed.
Could not be better researched, compiled and presented . A superb educative journey through a brilliant period of The Royal Navy.
Finally a moment of respect and tribute to the men who served , suffered and died in such ships and served the country with such distinction and honour .
I live in Portsmouth NH , I would love to see this in person. When I was a kid, my uncle and big brother would always take me to see the USS Constitution. I was absolutely fascinated by its history. These sailing ships are so beautiful. I remember when I first saw a picture of HMS Victory I thought it was some artist’s wild imagination at work with all of those guns.
What a great comment. I hope you make it over one day, the Dockyard is well worth a visit, with quite a few ships and museums to see.
This is probably the best highly-detailed video on ships of the line there is, going into very minute and technical detail.
Thank you so much for this video. I learned more about sailing ships and the Victory in this one hour than a lifetime of other videos. I saw her in 1977, but didn’t learn much.
I am ex royal navy, and I am very proud to watch this amazing informative documentary, GREAT britain 🇬🇧 this was
Unfortunately the island is no longer capable of anything like this now
If the UK government could they would use the HMS Victory to bring in more migrants.. sad
@@MrPatrick1414We are betrayed.
We just made 2 aircraft carriers.....
@@andrew6978
But to little avail if there's no will to defend borders against migrants. Same problem facing the US.
@@causewaykayakIt’s economics. Britain simply can’t afford it. It can’t even afford to house and provide adequate healthcare for its people. And, that’s NOT due to immigrants.
The “betrayal” has been by decades of corrupt politicians and their rich puppet-masters who the British people, like the good little serfs that they are, have repeatedly voted in themselves. So, there is NO “we were betrayed”.
When I served in the RN my usually tied up at fountain lake jetty in Pompey (Portsmouth), and I often had to walk past the Victory to collect signals from the Dockyard signals office. Always made sure I walked past the decorated stern and its windows etc. As the dock Caison had a walkway on top of it. Also whilst out jogging through did the same. Very strong sense of history walking past the ship in the dark quiet of night in winter, especially being a young (sprog) sailor. Huzzah to the immortal memory of Admiral Nelson the the crew of the Victory.
Drops on Trafalgar day, unfathomably based.
What u mean cuz
There’s a trafalgar day? lol Brit’s celebrate anything
@@jakebellamy543 Not really, only among the people that would care. The UK's tallest statue is Nelson's column however, it looks directly over to Buckingham Palace - I can't overemphasize how monumental Nelson's victory at Trafalgar was for the UK, it is comparable with American Independence day for the impact it had on the British psyche at the time. One could definitely argue there was no single military engagement in the history of the UK that was more decisive and it's impact long lasting than Trafalgar.
I doubt it's part of your history anyway, lol.
@@bertiescunsbutch9323I'm willing to be you're a swarth
This is an amazing documentary. I can only imagine what it would be like to be on a boat like this with a motivated and experienced crew. So much going on at any given time. What a cool piece of military history. Well done!
Incredibly created...related with dramatic connection to such fine ships.. their crews.. positions and duties.. Epic from the videos stem to stern.. with much more interesting marine terminology that these two basic ones.. I salute you all and the Victory 😊
This is wild! The way wars were fought so close and personal! These men faced basically win the fight or die in battle or at sea. They have my respect
this documentary was epic and masterpiece itself.
Excellent video... 🙏🏼
Have a lovely day wherever you are, i hope in 2123 this post is still here for people to be wished a lovely day , a voice from the past or written time capsule
Love your family, respect all life and above all have a lovely day
Dave 😊
This was an absolutely brilliant documentary probably the best I’ve seen, the detailed and clear explanation, the fantastic visuals and dramatic music. Loved every second of it, well done
One of the best documentaries I've seen regarding any topic in quite a long time. Great work! Cheers!
Wow! So far THE best and complete historical review and explanation of this era, this battle ship, this magnificent time period in history. What an organization it took to operate this behemoth, thank you for this video, excellent.
This is the best documentary I've seen oin a very long time. Congratulations to the makers. Very, VERY well done!
Thank you so much for doing this video. I feel nothing but pride. Rule Britannia! Glory to the Navy!
My last post was on Victory before i left the Royal Navy in 2010. Great memories on her, the visitors were always so polite and interested ❤
Best and most comprehensive Victory documentary.
that 53 minutes really taught me something that I heard about so many times but this
was one of the best. I like how it shows you step by step not just blotched and splattered
all over the place.
I’ve visited her when I was a child.
But I only realized how powerful and important she was when I played the Total War games.
Meaning, only then I understood that this kind of ship, a 1st rate ship of the line, was the most powerful class. The monster amongst other monsters.
All the best to everyone
Absolutely top notch documentary.
Almost an hour...felt like 10-15 minutes. Extremely informative and could be shown to all ages. Well done.
Thankyou.
Had the chance to visit Victory in July of this year and had a wonderful time getting to tour the ship and also see some of the conservation work that was being done!
Brilliant documentary.....never realized how complicated all those old fighting ships were....Thanks for posting....
I love this channel. The scope of historical era is fabulous and the narration excellent. I always learn something new about a point in history when I watch these vods. Simply brilliant.
Superb video- I have visited H M S Victory possibly a dozen times, this video brings it all back in great detail.
I would truly love to visit her in my lifetime, a live in Aus and cant travel much due to limited mobility, still, this video was incredibly well put together and I'm so happy to hear that after all this time she is being kept in her prime and most pristine condition, as someone thoroughly interested in naval history it makes my heart happy lol thanks again Epic History.
Fascinating. The RN Admiralty at Greenwich and HMS Victory that is dry docked at Portsmouth are not to be missed. Neither will disappoint, it gives you a decent snapshot of what early 19th Century Britain might have looked like. Thanks for the doco, well made, informative.
The Old Royal Navy College 1694 is Absolutely Stunning. A must visit if you're in London. Have a look on the Web.
So detailed and interesting.
A joy to watch mate!
Thank you all.
Visited the Victory on Tuesday. Magnificent. Still a few years to go before the restoration is finished.
Thank you for such an interesting insight into our beloved ROYAL NAVY❤❤❤❤❤❤
Such great content. Fantastic narration. Up there with the best documentaries that get released.
What an incredible video. In the video game Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Commodore Chamberlain said to a pirate and his mates that if he had things his way, he would have seen them all hung from their own crosstrees (he hated the Kings pardon). I always wondered what he meant by "crosstrees", now I do.
What documentary, I've been on Victory, its an amazing ship, the engineering, design and workmanship is second to none in the day ...
I’m retired. I delivered yachts for a living and thought I knew a little about sailing…It appears I knew VERY little about sailing. This is an interesting video. Thank you.
The best overview of Napoleonic Period British navy I have ever seen. And I have read numerous non-fiction and fictional accounts of the period! Fantastic!
Some people might argue that Trafalgar is a major reason of Napoleon’s downfall With the victory at trafalgar, the British secured the sea! Which meant it had a huge impact on Napoleons Supplies!
And it stopped the combined fleet meeting up with Napoleons army waiting at Boulogne, stopping an invasion of England.
Trafalgar left the British Navy in command of the seas making it easier for the British to land troops in Europe e.g Spain and Portugal
Without the British Victory at Trafalgar it would of been a lot harder for Wellington to land his armies in Portugal if the Franco-Spanish fleets had been at sea!!
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That was Napoleon's biggest mistake. He underestimated the importance of a strong Navy.
I spent a couple of days down in Portsmouth recently and ticked off the bucket list of visiting Victory. Even swaddled n scaffolding and stripped of her rigging and main mast, she’s glorious!
I've seen her several times with her full masts and rigging. And what a site. Another 5 or so years she will be looking great again for future generations.
Wonderful in every respect, superb narration really brings this alive. What a fantastic way to experience historical events. Superb work, thank you.
Thank you Epic History TV for presenting and sharing this very important, historic, educational documentary on HMS Victory. I found this very interesting and it has extended my limited knowledge of this famous warship. I am so grateful and would like to thank you and all those skilled professional men and women who are currently involved with her repair and preservation for our future generations and world enthusiasts who will want to come and see our cherished British ship and appreciate how our country appreciates, preserves and looks after it's past history. God Bless her.
This is actually entertaining and informative unlike some other documentaries, very good job. 👍
I never thought wooden ships would be this sophisticated and well designed before we had machines or industrial power, how have I undersitimated our ancestors
awesome! truly gives justice to these remarkable feats of engineering and technology
Until you see it, you just can’t grasp just how Huge this thing is. Amazing.
It’s such a Colossal build. And they did it All with the most basic hand tools.
Seriously, it’s an amazing thing to see
I went to her her this summer and it was fantastic! The whole shipyard is interesting .
A proud history and such a humiliating present
Well said
I was gobsmacked when I saw Victory at Portsmouth. So big . But this video puts a complete new light onlife on board. What a life these men were really men. Very informative and well presented video . Many thanks.
i forgot how epic these videos are
This is probably the best single video I’ve ever seen on this platform…simply stunning
Really enjoyable watch.i have always wanted to go and see victory but living way up north in Scotland I have never had the chance.its amazing these ships traveled so far with so many men and fought battles I just couldn't imagine what it would be like to be away for years no choppers to come help or places to find you no radio comms those guys we're a different breed very tough.
I live way up in the North of Scotland too, i have mobility problems and I've been to see her three times.
Im french and Swiss, 45yrs old. I always loved only one thing in school, a part girl and parting on week end: history!
Mate, with a such channel, you could make love napoleon period and history to the entire world !
What a work ! So interesting and playfull storytelling !! Bravo
This was a superb video essay, thank you very much to all involved in its production.
I'm equally thrilled that the algorithm brought me this and worried about how much time I will spend looking for more of the same.
After I re-watch Master & Commander for the 4th time.
31:09 Imagine being in a smaller ship (which nearly all were) and seeing that come towards you.
Fortunately for the onlooker, that much sail would never be flown in battle, however even under the sails that would be flown in battle, it is still a terrifying sight nonetheless.
I have and continue to read books of Alexander Kent about this era. This really helped a landsman to fully understand his writing. Thankyou.
I just rebuilt my fleet in Empire total war, about to re-open trade, and you drop this..
This documentary is absolutely monumental!
Thank you for this wonderful documentary.
If you ever get the chance to see her and hm's warrior go, it's amazing, they even have the barrel that lord Nelson was placed in when he died
I ate clam chowder while watching this and I pretended I was eating it on board the ship after a rough day at sea.
Superb. I served 1984-1990 and walked past her many a time.
Thank you for your service!
Beautiful work! 🔥
What a terrific presentation! A ton of good, hard information, accompanied by detailed schematics and rich paintings of the era. Narrator's voice and style are perfect. This is the kind of premium video that UA-cam was made for. I salute the creative director and the producers of this program.
Congratulations from Brazil 🇧🇷
Always in awe. Cheers to y’all who make this possible. Incredible stories with the amazing attention to detail.
The chaplain on HMS Victory at Trafalgar, Aexander John Scott, was a colateral forebear of Robert Falcon Scott, the famous Antarctic exporer.
I watched this last night on a whim and was blown away with the level of detail and information! Bravo!
This is the best video of a navy sail ship I have ever seen. Very impressive and informative. You gained a new subscriber and I will share this video. Very good job.
Thank you for your support!