H.M.S. VICTORY.
After having undergone a thorough repair in the Dockyard at Portsmouth, at a cost of £10,000, the Victory resumed her position at her moorings on the sth December. The name Of "the" Victory in the annals of the Royal Navy dates back from 1570, the first ship of that name having taken a prominent part in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, as flag-ship of Admiral Sir J. Hawkins. The present Victory was launched on May 17th, 1765, and tookpart in most of the naval actions
from 1778 to 1805, when, after Trafalgar, she returned to Portsmouth almost a wreck from the heavy concentrated flre poured upon her in the action. The ship has not been since employed at sea, but retained as a memento of the glorious Ist of June, and of Nelson's last and greatest triumph.
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7272, 4 February 1889, Page 4
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