Posted on 10/22/2014 5:52:22 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The British Navy has seen significant changes over the past 200 years, since Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson sailed HMS Victory to glory in the Battle of Trafalgar.
And to celebrate 2014 being the 209th anniversary of Trafalgar Day - when Admiral Nelson hoisted the flag in conquest - BAE Systems has revealed just how far naval engineering has evolved.
Using laser imaging techniques, experts have been able to get under the skin of HMS Victory - the oldest commissioned warship in the world - allowing them to draw direct comparisons between the vessel, and Type 45 Destroyer HMS Defender.
The 249-year-old HMS Victory's £50 million conservation program has seen experts from BAE Systems using both advanced laser diagrams and traditional crafting techniques - that would have been the same hundreds of years ago when she was originally built - to identify damage to the vessel (pictured)
Type 45 destroyers are the most recent and advanced class of ships built by the navy. They replaced the previous Type 42 models. Type 45s are also known as D, or Daring-class, are were primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare.
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850 sailors in that sardine can?
I wonder what the cost differential is in constant (inflation adjusted) Pound Sterling?
um, correct me if i’m wrong, but didn’t Nelson die at Trafalgar? therefore couldn’t have hoisted the flag??? also I thought the Constitution was the oldest commissioned warship....am i wrong on that, too?
I was wondering that myself; perhaps the “Constitution” is the oldest commissioned US warship.
Excellent question - I’d be interested to hear that, too.
If you find out, let me know.
the constitution is definitely the oldest commissioned warship in the US, but if the victory was commissioned in 1775, it might be older still. i concede the point.
Apparently HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned warship with USS Constitution 30 years its junior. However, some sources point out that HMS Victory is not afloat. The article mentions that BAE is restoring HMS Victory. Maybe it will again be seaworthy.
Do they ever take this ship out to sea as we do our USS Constitution? I’d love to see some pictures of her underway.
850 sailors was what was required to both service the guns and handle the sails to permit maneuvering. When not engaged in combat, there was frequently more crew than there was work to be done, especially when compared to the size of crews on merchant vessels. Royal Navy ships had a strict routine of daily activities and the watch system usually meant no more than 4 hours of sleep at a time, but compared with other occupations, the life of a sailor in the Royal Navy was not the abusive agony that is portrayed in modern lore and movies.
Your personal space was the thickness of your hammock plus your neighbor's.
The movie “Master and Commander, Far Side of the World”, based on O'brian’s books, shows this quite well.
Churchill: “traditions of the Royal Navy, provoking the reply: ‘And what are they? They are rum, sodomy and the lash’.”
RVN we did receive a beer ration.
Methinks ground pounding is better!
Loved Master and Commander, then tried the books and somehow just couldn’t get through them...
Maybe I’ll give ‘em another shot.
Thank you for that; I’ll definitely give them a look.
I’ve heard of Hornblower; the Delancey series is completely new to me.
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