captainflirt:From Geoff Hunt’s definitive series of prints ‘Fighting Sail 1773-1815&rsqu
captainflirt:From Geoff Hunt’s definitive series of prints ‘Fighting Sail 1773-1815’ depicting some of the naval ships of the period. Nelson’s powerful First-Rate 100-Gun flagship. The masterpiece of the great designer Sir Thomas Slade, Nelson’s flagship was far from new at the Battle of Trafalgar, having begun building in 1759. Preserved in dry-dock at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard since 1922, and immaculately restored in recent years, Victory today appears as she was in 1805. -- source link