British first rate ship of the line 'Victory' (1765)

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Victory
Nominal Guns	100	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain	BWAS-1714
Operator	The Royal Navy	BWAS-1714
Ordered	1758/12/13	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	1759/07/23	BWAS-1714
Named	1760/10/30	BWAS-1714
Launched	1765/05/07	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	1778/03/12
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Chatham Dockyard	BWAS-1714
Designed by	Thomas Slade	BWAS-1714
Constructor	Edward Allin	BWAS-1714
Category	First Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1714
Still in Existance	2008	BWAS-1714

Dimensions
Dimension	Measurement	Type	Metric Equivalent	BWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck	184' 0"	Imperial Feet	56.0832
Length of Keel	152' 6 ⅝"	Imperial Feet	46.4979
Breadth	51' 7 ½"	Imperial Feet	15.7353
Depth in Hold	21' 6"	Imperial Feet	6.5532
Burthen	2,162 ⁵³⁄₉₄	Tons BM

Armament
1765			Broadside Weight = 1182 Imperial Pound ( 536.037 kg)	BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder
1778/05			Broadside Weight = 1032 Imperial Pound ( 468.012 kg)	BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder
1779/04			Broadside Weight = 1230 Imperial Pound ( 557.805 kg)	W009
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder
Roundhouse	8	British 12-Pound Carronade
1780			Broadside Weight = 1182 Imperial Pound ( 536.037 kg)	W009
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder
1781			Broadside Weight = 1292 Imperial Pound ( 585.922 kg)	W009
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 6-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Roundhouse	6	British 18-Pound Carronade
Roundhouse	2	British 24-Pound Carronade
1783			Broadside Weight = 1328 Imperial Pound ( 602.248 kg)	W009
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder
Roundhouse	6	British 18-Pound Carronade
Roundhouse	2	British 24-Pound Carronade
1793			Broadside Weight = 1250 Imperial Pound ( 566.875 kg)	W009
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 42-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder
1803			Broadside Weight = 1112 Imperial Pound ( 504.292 kg)	W009
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	12	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder
1805			Broadside Weight = 1148 Imperial Pound ( 520.618 kg)	W009
Lower Gun Deck	30	British 32-Pounder
Middle Gun Deck	28	British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30	British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck	12	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 12-Pounder
Forecastle	2	British 68-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement
Date	# of Men	Notes	Source
1815/10/21	820	Complement at the [Battle of Trafalgar]	BWAS-1714

Flag Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1778/05/16	1778/10/18	Admiral	Augustus Keppel	W009
1780/05/24	1780/08/24	Admiral of the White	Francis Geary	W009
1780/09/26	1780/12/29	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	Francis William Drake	W009
1781/03/21	1781/05/31	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	Hyde Parker	W009
1781/06	1781/08	Commodore	John Elliot	W009
1781/09/21	1782/03/11	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Richard Kempenfelt	W009
1782/04/20	1782/11/14	Admiral	Lord Richard Howe	W009
1790/07	1790/08	Admiral	Lord Richard Howe	W009
1793/05/06	1794/12/15	Vice-Admiral of the Red	Sir Alexander Arthur Hood	W009
1795/10	1795/11	Vice-Admiral	Robert Linzee	W009
1795/12/03	1797/03/30	Admiral	Sir John Jervis	W009
1803/05/08	1803/05/23	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	Lord Horatio Nelson	W009
1803/07/30	1804/04/23	Vice-Admiral of the Blue	Lord Horatio Nelson	W009
1804/04/23	1805/10/21	Vice-Admiral of the White	Lord Horatio Nelson†	NAO
1808/03/18	1808/12/09	Admiral	Sir James Saumarez	W009
1809/04/08	1809/12	Admiral	Sir James Saumarez	W009
1810/03/11	1810/12/03	Admiral	Sir James Saumarez	W009
1810/12	1811/03	Rear-Admiral	Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke	W009
1811/04/02	1811/12/25	Admiral	Sir James Saumarez	W009
1812/04/14	1812/10/15	Admiral	Sir James Saumarez	W009
1837/07	1842/07	Rear-Admiral of the Blue	Duncombe Pleydall Bouverie	NBD1849

Commanders
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1778/03/09	1779/05/28	Captain	Sir John Lindsay	W009
1779/03/19	1780/05/14	Admiral of the White	Sir Charles Hardy	W009
1779/05/28	1780/05/13	Captain	Jonathon Faulknor	W009
1780/05/13	1781/04/17	Captain	Samuel Wittewronge Clayton	W009
1781/04/17	1781/11/23	Captain	John Howarth	W009
1781/11/23	1782/04/09	Captain	Henry Cromwell	W009
1782/04/09	1782/04/19	Captain	John Bourmaster	W009
1782/04/19	1782/12/06	Captain	Henry Duncan	W009
1782/12/06	1782/12/09	Captain	Sir Roger Curtis	W009
1782/12/09	1783/02/17	Commander	Thomas Byard	W009
1787/10/01	1790/05/13	Captain	Charles Hope	W009
1790/05/13	1795/12/04	Captain	John Knight	W009
1795/12/04	1797/04/01	Captain	George Grey	W009
1797/04/01	1797/06/21	Captain	Thomas Sotheby	W009
1797/06/21	1803/04/09	Captain	William Cuming	W009
1803/04/09	1803/07/31	Captain	Samuel Sutton	W009
1803/07/31	1806/01/13	Captain	Thomas Masterman Hardy	W009
1808/01/28	1808/03/23	Captain	John Clarke Searle	W009
1808/03/23	1808/11/20	Captain	Philip Dumaresq	W009
1808/11/20	1809/03/20	Captain	John Clarke Searle	W009
1809/03/20	Unknown	Captain	Philip Dumaresq	W009
1831/12/19	1833/02	Captain	Hyde Parker	W025
1839/09/19	1841/09	Captain	Francis Erskine Loch	W025
1844	1844/09/23	Captain	Richard Arthur	NBD1849
1853/12/20	1854/03/19	Captain	Thomas Maitland	W025
1855/03/20	1856/03/07	Captain	George Thomas Gordon	W025
1856/03/07	1856/12/02	Captain	James Robert Drummond	W025
1856/08/21	1859/03/19	Captain	George Henry Seymour	W025

Commissioned Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1779	1781	Lieutenant	James Saumarez	W031
1803/04/10	1805/11/03	Lieutenant	John Quilliam	NAO
1803/04/15	1806/01/01	Lieutenant	Andrew King	NAO
1804	1805/10/21	Lieutenant	George Miller Bligh	EWIKI
1805/01/19	1805/12/29	Lieutenant	Alexander Hills	NAO
1808/01/29	1808/03/27	Lieutenant	James Brown Boyd	ADM/L
1808/02/18	1808/04/06	Lieutenant	Henry Weekes	ADM/L
1808/04/01	1809/04/05	Lieutenant	William Barnes	ADM/L
1811/07/06	1812	Lieutenant	John Adamson	NBD1849
1824/01	1828/08/28	Lieutenant	John Frederick Appleby	NBD1849
1829/06/12	1829/08/10	Lieutenant	Henry John Codrington	W033
1837/06/26	1840/02	Lieutenant	John Bowden	NBD1849
1839/08/01	1841/09/18	Lieutenant	John Barnes	NBD1849
1841/09/08	1842/03/07	Flag Lieutenant	Frederick William Pleydell Bouverie	NBD1849

Warrant Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1790/05/31	1812/01/25	Gunner	William Rivers	NAO
1803/04/09	1805/03/15	Carpenter	William Bunce	NAO
1803/04/14	1806/01/15	Master	Thomas Atkinson	NAO
1804/12/31	1806/01/15	Surgeon	William Beatty	NAO
1805/03/29	1706/01/15	Boatswain	William Willmett	NAO
1805/09/01	1806/09/26	Carpenter	William Bunce	NAO

Petty Officers
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1795	1796/07/03	Masters Mate	Thomas Staines	W031
1795/02	1796/01/16	Midshipman	George Barnard	NBD1849
1796	1804/04/06	Midshipman	Arden Adderley	NBD1849
1803	1804	Midshipman	John Bingham	NBD1849
1803/05	1804	Midshipman	William Brander	NBD1849
1804/06/01	1806/01/05	Coxswain	Robert Buckless	NAO
1804/08/28	1804/08/28	Masters Mate	Alexander Hills	NAO
1805	1805/10	Midshipman	John Barclay	T-ROLL
1806/08	1808/06/13	Masters Mate	James Bance	NBD1849
1809/04	1810/12	Midshipman	Andrew Barclay	NBD1849
1810	1811/07/06	Masters Mate	John Adamson	NBD1849
1819/99/99	1826/04	Midshipman	Jonas Archer Abbott	W032
1824	Unknown	Midshipman	John Elliot Bingham	NBD1849
1829	1830	Midshipman	George Augustus Bedford	NBD1849
1831	1832	Masters Mate	John Elliot Bingham	NBD1849

Crewmen
From	To	Rank	Name	Source
1803/05/11	1804/05/31	Able Seaman	Robert Buckless	NAO
1804/01/19	1804/08/27	Able Seaman	Alexander Hills	NAO
1805/09/14	Unknown	1st Class Volunteer	Henry Lancaster	NBD1849

Service History
Date	Event	Source
1765/05/07	Floated out of dock and placed in ordinary until 1778	BWAS-1714
1769	Completed at Chatham at a cost of £57748.1.7d	BWAS-1714
1778	Began fitting at Chatham	BWAS-1714
1778/03/12	First Commissioned	BWAS-1714
1778/04	Completed fitting at Chatham at a cost of £13296.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1778/04/13	Sailed from Chatham	BWAS-1714
1778/07/27	Present at the 1st Battle of Ushant
1781/12/12	Present at the 2nd Battle of Ushant
1782/10/20	Present at the Battle of Cape Spartel
1783/02/17	Paid off at Portsmouth	W009
1787/10	Recommissioned	BWAS-1793
1787/12	Paid off at Portsmouth	BWAS-1793
1787/12	Began large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard	BWAS-1714
1788/04	Completed large repair at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £37523.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1788/04	Began refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard	BWAS-1714
1789	Completed refitting at Portsmouth Dockyard at a cost of £6451.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1790/05	Recommissioned	BWAS-1793
1791/01	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1791/01	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1791/09	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1792/12	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1793/05/22	Sailed for the Mediterranean	BWAS-1714
1795/07/13	Present at the Battle of Hyeres
1797/02/14	Present at the 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent
1797/11	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1797/12	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1797/12	Recommissioned as a Hospital ship at Chatham	BWAS-1714
1799/10	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1800/02	Began middling repair at Chatham	BWAS-1714
1803/04	Recommissioned	BWAS-1714
1803/04	Completed middling repair at Chatham at a cost of £70933.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1803/05/25	Sailed for the Mediterranean	BWAS-1714
1803/05/28	Took the Fifth Rate Frigate Embuscade
1805/10/21	Present at the Battle of Trafalgar
1806/01	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1806/01/13	Paid off at Chatham	W009
1806/03	Began repairs at Chatham	BWAS-1714
1806/05	Completed repairs at Chatham at a cost of £9936.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1808/01	Recommissioned as a Second Rate	BWAS-1714
1808/01	Re-classed as a 98 gun Second Rate Ship of the Line
1809	Evacuation of Corunna	BWAS-1714
1812/11	Paid off	BWAS-1714
1813	Placed in ordinary at Portsmouth	BWAS-1714
1814/03	Began large repair at Portsmouth	BWAS-1714
1816/01	Completed large repair at Portsmouth at a cost of £79772.0.0d	BWAS-1714
1817/02	Re-classed as a 100 gun First Rate Ship of the Line
1823/06	Recommissioned as a guardship	BWAS-1714
1824/01	Port commanders flagship	BWAS-1714
1830/04	Paid off into ordinary	BWAS-1714

Fleets
From	Until	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
1782/09	1782/12	Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782	Lord Richard Howe

Notes on Ship
HMS Victory had a crew of 820 men commanded by Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. There were 9 Commissioned Officers, 21 Midshipmen and 77 Non-commissioned Warrant and Petty Officers, the rest of the crew comprised of Able and Ordinary Seaman, Landsmen, Supernumeries and 31 boys. Also within this complement was a detachment of 146 Royal Marines from the Chatham Division, commanded by Captain Charles Adair Apart from the 700 English, Irish, Scots and Welsh, 18 different nationalities were represented on the Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar. She suffered some of the worst casualties of the Allied Fleet at the battle with 57 of her crew killed or dying of their wounds a few days later, and a further 102 wounded.

Notes on Ship

The Battle of Trafalgar Muster

HMS Victory had a crew of 820 men commanded by Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. There were 9 Commissioned Officers, 21 Midshipmen and 77 Non-commissioned Warrant and Petty Officers, the rest of the crew comprised of Able and Ordinary Seaman, Landsmen, Supernumeries and 31 boys.

Also within this complement was a detachment of 146 Royal Marines from the Chatham Division, commanded by Captain Charles Adair

Apart from the 700 English, Irish, Scots and Welsh, 18 different nationalities were represented on the Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar.

She suffered some of the worst casualties of the Allied Fleet at the battle with 57 of her crew killed or dying of their wounds a few days later, and a further 102 wounded.

Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
BWAS-1714	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield	Book
W009	HMS Victory	Unknown	Web Site
NAO	The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors	Various	Web Site
NBD1849	A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849	O'Brien	Digital Book
W025	William Loney RN - Background	P Davis	Web Site
W031	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography	Oxford University Press	Web Site
EWIKI	Wikipedia	Various	Web Site
ADM/L	ADM/L Navy Board, Lieutenants' Logs	Authority	Web Site
W033	Vaisseaux de Ligne Francais de 1682 a 1767	Ronald Deschenes	Web Site
T-ROLL	The Trafalgar Roll	Unknown	Book
W032	Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy	David Bonner Smith	Web Site
BWAS-1793	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817	Rif Winfield	Book

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