List of ships named Victory
Victory is a ship name that is used several times. Ships of the British Royal Navy in particular bore this name, which they were named after the English word for "victory" in honor of major battles won in England.
Ship list
designation | Ship type | Class / type | Construction year | Shipyard | Owner | period of service | Whereabouts | image |
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Victory | galleon | 1571 | Royal Navy | Wrecked in 1608 | ||||
Victory | Ship of the line | 1620 | Deptford | Royal Navy | from 1627 | Wrecked in 1691 | ||
VictoryReceipt ? | 1665 | Chatham Dockyard , Chatham | Royal Navy | |||||
Victory | Ship of the line | 1675 | Portsmouth | Royal Navy | 1691-1714 | Renamed Royal George in 1714 , burned in 1721 | ||
Victory | Ship of the line | 1737 | Portsmouth | Royal Navy | 1740-1744 | Sunk in 1744 | ||
Victory | Ship of the line | 1765 | Chatham Dockyard, Chatham | Royal Navy | since 1778 | in service / museum ship | ||
Victory | Paddle steamer | Civil parcel steamer | 1826 | John Ross | 1826-1832 | Abandoned in 1832 | ||
Victory | Paddle steamer | 1863 | United States Navy | 1863-1865 | Sold in 1865 |
See also
Web links
Commons : Ships named Victory - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Footnotes
- ^ Brian Lavery: The Ship of the Line. Volume I. pub Conways, 1983, ISBN 0-85177-252-8 , pp. 158-159.
- ^ Brian Lavery: The Ship of the Line. Pp. 160-162.
- ↑ Entry on Google Books