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Any Naval Experts/Historians Here?

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Heather

Heather Report 19 Nov 2006 19:31

Hi. Can anyone help me. Does anybody know when HMS Victory was taken out of service? I've got my x2 great uncle's register of seamanship and on it mentions HMS Victory (1920). I know that she became the Flagship for the Commander in Chief in 1889 and placed into Portsmouth docks (where she is now) in 1922. Have had a look to see if there is another HMS Victory, but I can't find any. Was HMS Victory still in service around the early 1900s? Thanks. Heather :o)

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 19 Nov 2006 20:01

I believe that there is also a shore station called Victory, my grandfathers record shows he was stationed there.

Heather

Heather Report 19 Nov 2006 20:08

Thank you Alan and Keith. Looks like I will have to do some deeper searching on this. Keith - whereabouts is the shore based Victory?

Heather

Heather Report 19 Nov 2006 20:15

Alan, do you know what Victory I is?

Heather

Heather Report 19 Nov 2006 20:25

Thank you Alan. That has certainly cleared up a few things. Many thanks. :o)

KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 19 Nov 2006 20:45

Ah, thats what I thought for Victory 1, family legend has it that grandads ship was sunk in battle of Jutland, seems to me he spent all his time on training stations/ships around Portsmouth though! Keith

Uncle John

Uncle John Report 19 Nov 2006 22:17

The rule is - if a ship (naval or merchant) still exists, the name can't be re-used. This caused a problem when Cunard launched the Queen Mary in the 1930's. A Queen Mary already existed ( a Clyde ferry) which was renamed Queen Mary II. Once the Cunard Queen Mary was decommissioned, the Clyde ferry (now a floating restaurant on the Thames) was renamed back again. Sometimes the name isn't reused if the ship sank. One such is the Isle of Man packet-boat Ellen Vannin which sank in a storm off Liverpool about a hundred years ago. J

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Nov 2006 00:08

hi although the victory is in dry dock it still has commisioned staff on board HMS VICTORY is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, and is still manned by Officers and Ratings of the Royal Navy. She is now the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief Naval Home Command and lies in No 2 Dry Dock at Portsmouth Naval Base, Portsmouth. England.

Researching:
derry,breakwell,kinnish,wadlow,penny,smith,woodward,cartwright.

TiddlyBow

TiddlyBow Report 20 Nov 2006 08:02

HMS Victory is the ship Victory and still in commission, as quoted. The Royal Naval Barracks in Portsmouth was also HMS Victory. To avoid confusion between the two, the vessel was known as Ship Victory or Victory (Ship) and the barracks as Victory (Barracks) or RNB. The Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth was renamed some time ago and is HMS Nelson. I left the RN in 1975 and it was HMS Nelson then. Ray.

Researching:
Gunn Inverness. Graham Inverness. Buckley Inverness, Scotland,, Canada & England.