My first thought, as well. I ain’t buyin’ it. No ship back then was nearly big enough to hold 1000 sailors.
Agree but just not schooled on the matter. BS flag at three quarter mast.....:o)
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This was the ship built in 1737, not the one that became famous. According to Wiki, it normally carried 900 men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victory_%281737%29
trust me it is big
I’ve been on the one at Portsmouth and it is massive. I’ve been on the USS constitution and that was small compared to HMS Victory
“I ain’t buyin’ it”
Naval historians just make stuff up all the time, eh..
“The 300ft (90m) ship was discovered by the Florida-based firm in May 2008, nearly 65 miles (100km) from where it was historically believed to have sunk.”
Wow! As big as a football field!
“I ain’t buyin’ it”
Naval historians just make up stuff up like this all the time, eh..
Go get a book about ships of that era. The triremes of BC times were ever so much smaller,, no bigger than 50 foot yacht, and still carried a couple hundred men on board.
I think the storm may have claimed the lives of 1000 sailors in the fleet, about 100 or so on the Victory. Poor writing, I agree.