HMS Victory – The last Georgian warship
HMS Victory was designed by Sir Thomas Slade, Surveyor to the Navy and cost a massive £63,176 (in today’s terms that would be around £20 million and equal to the cost of building an aircraft carrier!)
Victory’s keel was laid on July 23rd 1759 at No 2 Dock, Chatham Dockyard in Kent and she was launched on 7th May 1765. She was classed as a ‘first rate ship of the line’ and was equipped with over 100 guns.for more click here
