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Baldrick

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HMS Victory in the raw
« on: February 12, 2024, 06:09:01 pm »




Forces net video showing the serious work happening to the ship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=630iLa5cD9I
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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2024, 03:15:02 pm »

I remember back in the late 1980's walking past her to work and then they were renewing the timber around the port bow, then they were using Ikorodu timber(not sure on its spelling), in leu of oak. 
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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2024, 04:17:33 pm »

Please pardon my ignorance, from across the Pond, but is HMS Victory a commissioned ship , similar to our USS Constitution? If not, has there ever been, since her,  another HMS named Victory?Thanks
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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2024, 05:46:09 pm »

The Wicki entry gives a good summary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory

Yes, Victory is certainly still in commission and is the 6th ship to bear the name.

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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2024, 07:57:30 pm »

So is it real or is it memorex...(sorry old English advert).....ie what's really left.
Still an amazing part of UK history
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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2024, 08:22:27 pm »

Yes Phil, not much left of the original structure from 1765 but quite a lot of the interior timbers on the Orlop deck (where Nelson died) apparently date back to the initial build. To be fair, ships of this type were constantly repaired and renewed throughout their lives, it was the normal process. It's the same with the human body, everything has been renewed several time over throughout our lives except that when you get to our age the process doesn't quite seem to work so well....

Take the Medway Queen, new hull, new upperworks and just about only the engine remains from the original. On the other hand, the remains of the Mary Rose are actually original.

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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2024, 08:24:08 am »

just like Trigger's broom!
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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2024, 11:56:21 am »

Yes Phil, not much left of the original structure from 1765 but quite a lot of the interior timbers on the Orlop deck (where Nelson died) apparently date back to the initial build. To be fair, ships of this type were constantly repaired and renewed throughout their lives, it was the normal process. It's the same with the human body, everything has been renewed several time over throughout our lives except that when you get to our age the process doesn't quite seem to work so well....

Colin
This can be seen in the way the Navy had to work when Parliament would not give them the money to build new ships. They would authorise repairing older ships so they went through a "great repair" process. This involved the dismantling of the old ship and rebuilding it it replacing most of the wood with new material. If the new ship just happened to be larger or a newer design than the original it was still classed as a repair as far as the budget was concerned and was still the same ship.
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Re: HMS Victory in the raw
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2024, 08:21:49 pm »

I think you will find that she is no longer a full commissioned warship, but has been handed over to a preservation company. She used to be flagship of Flag Officer Portsmouth, that post no longer exists the port now has a a Naval Base Captain and the old and some said senior post of Queen Harbour Master has been demoted to a Commander.
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