HMS Victory’s fame is understandably thought of in terms of that fateful afternoon at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, when Vice-Admiral Nelson was struck down on her deck – having both secured the victory that would see Great Britain’s dominance at sea for more than a century to follow and sealed that moment in history when man and ship became enshrined into Britain’s national conscience. However, there is much more to Victory than meets the eye.
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