HMS Victory — Never Fired in Anger After Trafalgar

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A first-rate in the Victory class under sail. Not a dry-dock survey.

Overview

The end of fighting service is already on HMS Victory — Overview. She was towed to Portsmouth after the Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview and never fired her guns in anger again.¹

The End of Fighting Service

This note covers that end of fighting service only. A tow date, a later commission, and a campaigner name stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard already used the 1922 dry-dock preservation and the First Sea Lord flagship fact. Those sentences stay there. Do not invent a breaking-up scare or a later action from this page.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• HMS Victory — Overview

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Ships_Maritime
• Individual_Ships_Index

Same Subject

• HMS Victory — Overview
• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview
• Chatham Dockyard

Cross-Domain

• First Rate Ship of the Line — Class Overview
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Towed to Portsmouth after Trafalgar; never fired her guns in anger again: HMS Victory — Overview. ↩

2. 1922 dry dock and First Sea Lord flagship stay on Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Do not invent a tow date, a campaigner name, or a later action. ↩