Did anyone else do the school day trip where you do the tour of HMS Victory, and then around a WW1 submarine?
Fitting of a country that still thinks that monarchs matter to keep a ship in commission that hasn’t been able to float for 100 years.
British and proud!
For anyone visiting the UK- this historic dockyard is amazing. I’m going to try and go again soon.
She is lovely, alas that she is not seaworthy, but the other British ship of similar vintage which deserves some publicity is the frigate Trincomalee, now a museum exhibit in Hartlepool. Fifty two years younger than Victory – her construction ordered in 1812 – she was made of teak, and is still afloat, finding various active uses until 1986, when she was restored for exhibition.
That’s awesome. Do they ever take it out of the drydock for some sailing?
I have some oak and copper plating from her that was removed during the restoration, I’m still trying to decide what I’m going to do with it. I saw the Cutty Sark last week, also a good looking ship.
I would use it where you need to get through a bunch of magnetic mines.
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As pictured in 2004, credit to [Geoff Parselle](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Victory_viewed_from_a_helicopter._MOD_45145664.jpg)
Did anyone else do the school day trip where you do the tour of HMS Victory, and then around a WW1 submarine?
Fitting of a country that still thinks that monarchs matter to keep a ship in commission that hasn’t been able to float for 100 years.
British and proud!
For anyone visiting the UK- this historic dockyard is amazing. I’m going to try and go again soon.
She is lovely, alas that she is not seaworthy, but the other British ship of similar vintage which deserves some publicity is the frigate Trincomalee, now a museum exhibit in Hartlepool. Fifty two years younger than Victory – her construction ordered in 1812 – she was made of teak, and is still afloat, finding various active uses until 1986, when she was restored for exhibition.
That’s awesome. Do they ever take it out of the drydock for some sailing?
I have some oak and copper plating from her that was removed during the restoration, I’m still trying to decide what I’m going to do with it. I saw the Cutty Sark last week, also a good looking ship.
I would use it where you need to get through a bunch of magnetic mines.