Royal Navy HMS Victory 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line

The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world’s oldest naval vessel still in commission. She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years’ War and laid down … Read more