Portsmouth - Visiting Lord Nelson´s ship - The legendary "HMS Victory"

Hi again,

this is the second post concerning our trip to Portsmouth. We went to the harbor for visiting the National Museum of the Royal Navy and got overwhelmed by the look of "HMS Victory". We never thought that this ship could be as huge and could not resist to do a guided tour. This was not a bargain paying 36 Pounds per person but in the aftermath it was worth every penny.

There are more attractions to see within the National Museum of the Royal Navy, but because of less time we joined to have a look at our personal highlight. Unfortunately the ship has to be restored at the moment and can not be seen in its full beauty.

https://www.nmrn.org.uk/visit-us/portsmouth-historic-dockyard/hms-victory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar

Our female guide was very competent and we got lots of information. Walking through the decks with low ceilings is quite uncomfortable measuring 1,89m in height and knowing that the crew at the Battle of Trafalger was 820 men (sailors and soldiers) gives a notion how cramped and smelly the life on this ship must have been.

The ship had 104 guns on board and nowadays there are mostly replicas on the decks. But there is also at least one original gun that was in action at the Battle of Trafalgar.

The tour had been very impressive and the feeling of standing on the flagship of this great battle also had been tremendous.

Hope you like this post.

Cheers

Mike

For the ship is restored at the moment it is covered with a lot of tarps
I decided to start with some pictures from the worldwideweb.

A painting about the Battle of Trafalgar.

And just another one.

The order of Battle...

...and how it looked like at "Warfare 2024".

Our own photo-tour starts with this information board.

   

    

    

The deck during the Battle of Trafalgar.

One of the many replicas of the ship´s guns.

Just imagine about the loudness and all the smoke that must have been under deck while firing all 
of the guns. We had been told that the british gunmen had been able to fire a gun twice a minute.

The cabin of Lord Nelson adjudant.

The officer´s mess. Our comrade Franz leaning on the chair wondering why there is no display of
the Battle of Trafalgar. Would have been a nice idea to tell the visitors about the battle and could be
placed easily on the table.

Lord Nelson´s cabin...

...and his bed, He was the only one to sleep in a bed. The other soldiers and officers slept in hammocks.

The kitchen of the ship. I guess that the daily menue has not varied very much. 
The guide told us that every man got a ration of 8.000 calories per day as well as eight pints of beer.
Sounds like the same amount of food and alcohol we use to consume in Bavaria every day.
(Just kidding)

Some interesting dates about the ship.

I guess nobody would like to get a medical treatment from the surgeon on this table.

The ship was built by using 6.000 trees.

The part of the deck there Lord Nelson died.

The storage deck.

The "HMS Victory" is placed in a dry dock and it is possible to take a walk under the ship´s hull. 
I think this picture gives an imagination of the size of this wonderful ship.

Some mores pictures about the HMS Victory that I have found in the internet.