A fast battleship was a battleship which emphasised speed without– in concept– undue compromise of either armor or armament. Most of the early WWI-era Dreadnought battleships were typically built with low design speeds, so the term "fast battleship" is applied to a design which is considerably faster. The extra speed of a fast battleship was normally required to allow the vessel to carry out additional roles besides taking part in the line of battle, such as escorting aircraft carriers.
A fast battleship was distinguished from a battlecruiser in that it would have been expected to be able to engage hostile battleships in sustained combat on at least equal terms. The requirement to deliver increased speed without compromising fighting ability or protection was the principal challenge of fast battleship design. While increasing length-to-beam ratio was the most direct method of attaining a higher speed, this meant a bigger ship that was considerably more costly and/or could exceed the naval treaty tonnage limits (where these applied– such as the Washington Naval Treaty shaping Naval fleet composition before World War II). Technological advancements such as propulsion improvements and light, high-strength armor plating were required in order to make fast battleships feasible.
In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission.
Construction
In December 1758, the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a dry dock for the construction of a new first-rate ship. This was an unusual occurrence at the time, as the Royal Navy preferred smaller and more manoeuvrable ships, and it was unusual for more than two to be in commission simultaneously; during the whole of the 18th century, only ten were constructed. Then Prime Minister Pitt the Elder placed the order for Victory on 13December 1758, along with 11 other ships.
A small number of the timbers used in the construction of Victory were taken from the remains of the previous HMSVictory, which had caught fire and been burnt to the waterline in February 1721 whilst having weed burned from her bottom (in a process called "breaming"). Officially a rebuild of the previous vessel, the new Victory was built by master shipwright Joseph Allin and cost £38,239 to assemble, plus £12,652 fitting as a flagship. Launched in 1737 she became the flagship of the Channel Fleet under Sir John Norris following completion in 1740. She was the last British First Rate to be armed entirely with bronzecannon.
The Victory was "a high-sided ship for her draught and this was believed to have made her leewardly and to have led to her loss". The term "leewardly" means she had a tendency to be pushed to leeward (down wind) more than normal when sailing with the wind on a quarter or on the beam, making her hard to keep on course. A plan of the ship reproduced in Howard and an extant contemporary model also show her with four rows of lights (stern galleries) and three quarter galleries, one more of each than was usual for an English three-decker in any period.
Victory was a 42-gun great ship of the EnglishRoyal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1620. She was first commissioned in 1627 under Captain Thomas Kettleby for the abortive attack on La Rochelle. During the First Anglo-Dutch War, under the command of Lionel Lane, she took part in the Battles of Dover (19 May 1652), Dungeness (29 November 1652), Portland (18 February), the Gabbard (2 June 1653 – 3 June 1653) and Texel (31 July 1653). By 1660 she was armed with 56 guns.
The great HMS victory 1737 was a 18th century First-rate warship for the British royal navy. Sir John Balchen was in command of her when she was sunk in October 1744.
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HMS Victory 1737
This video talks about the predecessor to Lord Nelson's hms victory, which is the first rate HMS Victory built in 1737
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HMS Victory ShipWreck Found: Reportedly Carrying $1 Billion in Gold Coins
HMS Victory sank with no survivors in the English Channel in 1744. Reportedly, the ship contained a treasure of gold coins with a value estimated at $1 billion dollars.
Background Articles:
"Treasure Hunters Say They've Found a 1744 Shipwreck": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/03shipwreck.html
(Update): "Fla. Explorers, UK Reach Agreement on Shipwreck": http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8612038
Video: ABCNEWS
published: 03 Feb 2009
Maritime Innovation In Miniature: HMS Royal George
The Royal George was filmed in the Board Room of the National Maritime Museum, in the Park Row wing of the building. The model is usually on public display in a gallery and was brought into the room by a team of conservators and placed on a table in the centre of the room, which allowed the film crew a full 360-degree access to this remarkable work of art. It is without question one of the finest ship models of the eighteenth century.
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HMS Victory (1737)
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HMS VICTORY
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Why the HMS Victory ACTUALLY Sank!
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Incredibly rare cannon from the legendary HMS Victory 1744 wreck
Diana Davis - Senior Conservator - National Museum of the Royal Navy, talks about the conservation of the 42-Pounder cannon from HMS Victory 1744 shipwreck.
42-Pounder cannon is displayed for the very first time Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Since her discovery ten years ago, the wreck of HMS Victory 1744, the predecessor to Nelson’s famous flagship, has captured the imagination of naval enthusiasts and maritime archaeologists.
Her sinking is one of the Royal Navy’s worst naval disasters. Commanded by Admiral Sir John Balchin, all 1100 crew were lost when she sank during a storm off the coast near Plymouth in 1744.
After 250 years on the bottom of the English Channel, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation were presented with a 3.3 tonnes bronze cannon and began conservation, a tre...
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Admiral Balchen HMS Victory 1744. Lingfield interview.flv
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Most Significant Treasure Finds of the Early 21st Century - The Mysterious HMS Victory
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The HMS Victory was discovered in 2009
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The great HMS victory 1737 was a 18th century First-rate warship for the British royal navy. Sir John Balchen was in command of her when she was sunk in Octobe...
The great HMS victory 1737 was a 18th century First-rate warship for the British royal navy. Sir John Balchen was in command of her when she was sunk in October 1744.
The great HMS victory 1737 was a 18th century First-rate warship for the British royal navy. Sir John Balchen was in command of her when she was sunk in October 1744.
HMS Victory sank with no survivors in the English Channel in 1744. Reportedly, the ship contained a treasure of gold coins with a value estimated at $1 billion...
HMS Victory sank with no survivors in the English Channel in 1744. Reportedly, the ship contained a treasure of gold coins with a value estimated at $1 billion dollars.
Background Articles:
"Treasure Hunters Say They've Found a 1744 Shipwreck": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/03shipwreck.html
(Update): "Fla. Explorers, UK Reach Agreement on Shipwreck": http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8612038
Video: ABCNEWS
HMS Victory sank with no survivors in the English Channel in 1744. Reportedly, the ship contained a treasure of gold coins with a value estimated at $1 billion dollars.
Background Articles:
"Treasure Hunters Say They've Found a 1744 Shipwreck": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/03shipwreck.html
(Update): "Fla. Explorers, UK Reach Agreement on Shipwreck": http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8612038
Video: ABCNEWS
The Royal George was filmed in the Board Room of the National Maritime Museum, in the Park Row wing of the building. The model is usually on public display in a...
The Royal George was filmed in the Board Room of the National Maritime Museum, in the Park Row wing of the building. The model is usually on public display in a gallery and was brought into the room by a team of conservators and placed on a table in the centre of the room, which allowed the film crew a full 360-degree access to this remarkable work of art. It is without question one of the finest ship models of the eighteenth century.
The Royal George was filmed in the Board Room of the National Maritime Museum, in the Park Row wing of the building. The model is usually on public display in a gallery and was brought into the room by a team of conservators and placed on a table in the centre of the room, which allowed the film crew a full 360-degree access to this remarkable work of art. It is without question one of the finest ship models of the eighteenth century.
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Diana Davis - Senior Conservator - National Museum of the Royal Navy, talks about the conservation of the 42-Pounder cannon from HMS Victory 1744 shipwreck.
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Diana Davis - Senior Conservator - National Museum of the Royal Navy, talks about the conservation of the 42-Pounder cannon from HMS Victory 1744 shipwreck.
42-Pounder cannon is displayed for the very first time Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Since her discovery ten years ago, the wreck of HMS Victory 1744, the predecessor to Nelson’s famous flagship, has captured the imagination of naval enthusiasts and maritime archaeologists.
Her sinking is one of the Royal Navy’s worst naval disasters. Commanded by Admiral Sir John Balchin, all 1100 crew were lost when she sank during a storm off the coast near Plymouth in 1744.
After 250 years on the bottom of the English Channel, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation were presented with a 3.3 tonnes bronze cannon and began conservation, a treatment that would take 10 years to finish.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/2NDbiv8
Diana Davis - Senior Conservator - National Museum of the Royal Navy, talks about the conservation of the 42-Pounder cannon from HMS Victory 1744 shipwreck.
42-Pounder cannon is displayed for the very first time Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Since her discovery ten years ago, the wreck of HMS Victory 1744, the predecessor to Nelson’s famous flagship, has captured the imagination of naval enthusiasts and maritime archaeologists.
Her sinking is one of the Royal Navy’s worst naval disasters. Commanded by Admiral Sir John Balchin, all 1100 crew were lost when she sank during a storm off the coast near Plymouth in 1744.
After 250 years on the bottom of the English Channel, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation were presented with a 3.3 tonnes bronze cannon and began conservation, a treatment that would take 10 years to finish.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/2NDbiv8
The great HMS victory 1737 was a 18th century First-rate warship for the British royal navy. Sir John Balchen was in command of her when she was sunk in October 1744.
HMS Victory sank with no survivors in the English Channel in 1744. Reportedly, the ship contained a treasure of gold coins with a value estimated at $1 billion dollars.
Background Articles:
"Treasure Hunters Say They've Found a 1744 Shipwreck": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/science/03shipwreck.html
(Update): "Fla. Explorers, UK Reach Agreement on Shipwreck": http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8612038
Video: ABCNEWS
The Royal George was filmed in the Board Room of the National Maritime Museum, in the Park Row wing of the building. The model is usually on public display in a gallery and was brought into the room by a team of conservators and placed on a table in the centre of the room, which allowed the film crew a full 360-degree access to this remarkable work of art. It is without question one of the finest ship models of the eighteenth century.
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Diana Davis - Senior Conservator - National Museum of the Royal Navy, talks about the conservation of the 42-Pounder cannon from HMS Victory 1744 shipwreck.
42-Pounder cannon is displayed for the very first time Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Since her discovery ten years ago, the wreck of HMS Victory 1744, the predecessor to Nelson’s famous flagship, has captured the imagination of naval enthusiasts and maritime archaeologists.
Her sinking is one of the Royal Navy’s worst naval disasters. Commanded by Admiral Sir John Balchin, all 1100 crew were lost when she sank during a storm off the coast near Plymouth in 1744.
After 250 years on the bottom of the English Channel, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation were presented with a 3.3 tonnes bronze cannon and began conservation, a treatment that would take 10 years to finish.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/2NDbiv8
A fast battleship was a battleship which emphasised speed without– in concept– undue compromise of either armor or armament. Most of the early WWI-era Dreadnought battleships were typically built with low design speeds, so the term "fast battleship" is applied to a design which is considerably faster. The extra speed of a fast battleship was normally required to allow the vessel to carry out additional roles besides taking part in the line of battle, such as escorting aircraft carriers.
A fast battleship was distinguished from a battlecruiser in that it would have been expected to be able to engage hostile battleships in sustained combat on at least equal terms. The requirement to deliver increased speed without compromising fighting ability or protection was the principal challenge of fast battleship design. While increasing length-to-beam ratio was the most direct method of attaining a higher speed, this meant a bigger ship that was considerably more costly and/or could exceed the naval treaty tonnage limits (where these applied– such as the Washington Naval Treaty shaping Naval fleet composition before World War II). Technological advancements such as propulsion improvements and light, high-strength armor plating were required in order to make fast battleships feasible.
If this is true, I thought then, what will I think Will I stay but rather I would get away I'm scared that I won't find a thing And afraid that I'll turn out to be alone, but I I have to learn, have to try, have to trust I have to cry Have to see, have to know that I can be myself And if I could I would stay And if they're not, not in my way I'll stare here in the distance But I'll grow up to be just like you, yeah I'll grow up to be just like you, yeah I see it all I'm sure but Do I know what's right I thought I knew but it turns out the other way I am scared that I won't find a thing And afraid that I'll turn out to be alone, but I I have to learn, have to try, have to trust I have to cry I have to see, have to know that I can be myself And if I could I would stay And if they're not, not in my way I'll stare here in the distance But I'll grow up to be just like you, yeah I'll grow up to be just like you I want to tell you Why would I try to You are all that I can see now Why would I try to And I want to tell you Why would I try to You are all I can see now I know I'll try to I have to learn, have to try, have to trust I have to cry I have to see, have to know that I can be myself But if I could, yeah, I would stay And if they're not, not in my way I'll stare here in the distance But I'll grow up to be just like you, yeah I'll grow up to be just like you, like you