HMS Victory HDR
by Terri Waters
Title
HMS Victory HDR
Artist
Terri Waters
Medium
Photograph - Photograph/digital Art
Description
HMS Victory is the Royal Navy's most famous warship. Best known for her role in the Battle of Trafalgar, the Victory currently has a dual role as the Flagship of the First Sea Lord and as a living museum to the Georgian Navy.
This is the Quarter Deck which was the ship's nerve centre. Officers directed operations from here, whilst the ship was steered by the wheel under the overhang of the Poop Deck. On the morning of October 21st 1805 Nelson emerged on deck to view the enemy fleet, stretched out in front of Victory in a line some 5 miles long. Later that day, whilst pacing the Quarter deck with Victory's Captain, Thomas Masterman Hardy, Nelson was shot by a French seaman in the rigging of La Redoutable.
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November 10th, 2014
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