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    HMS Victory, as we know Admiral Nelson kicked French ass while in command of this old lady. Victory.jpg, Vic.jpg

    During a tour on HMS Victory , a French tourist asked 'So are these the actual cannonballs fired at Trafalgar?'

    The tour guide replied, 'No Madame your Navy still has those....

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    Nice one Lewis.
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    like that more than a lot lewis.....cappy

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    The Carronade invented by a Scot and manufactured by the Carron Ironworks, Fàlkirk, Stirlingshire, won the battle of Trafalgar for Nelson.

    Fouro.

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    In 1922 she was saved for the nation and placed permanently into dry dock where she remains today, visited by 25 million visitors as a museum of the sailing navy and the oldest commissioned warship in the world.

    https://www.hms-victory.com/history

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    The cannon HMS VICTORY today are fibreglass replicas, the weight of the originals being too heavy to bear whilst the ship is in dry dock, some
    of the originals are on display on the Quayside next to the ship, cheers.

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    #6.. John between the years of 1979 and 1983 spent a bit of time in Portsmouth. Most of the matelots
    I worked with reckoned that those same sailors who were seconded for duty on the Victory showing the tourists around and keeping things ship shape and Portsmouth fashion were there on bad boy duties and was a form of punishment . To me it looked a cushy number, maybe there was more to it than the onlooker saw. Cheers JS
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    A lady visiting the ship slipped and fell as the part of the deck was wet.
    Where she fell was a brass plaque saying, Nelson fell here'.
    Not bloody surprised she said, some one needs to get a mop to it.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by j.sabourn View Post
    #6.. John between the years of 1979 and 1983 spent a bit of time in Portsmouth. Most of the matelots
    I worked with reckoned that those same sailors who were seconded for duty on the Victory showing the tourists around and keeping things ship shape and Portsmouth fashion were there on bad boy duties and was a form of punishment . To me it looked a cushy number, maybe there was more to it than the onlooker saw. Cheers JS
    Over the years I've been to Portsmouth four times John, the last time was about 2018, Victory was closed to the public as the ship was undergoing a
    major restoration, her mast and bowsprit had been removed which did give a little insight of how she may have looked when she was being built at
    Chatham Dockyard, Hms Warrior was also closed for some reason but still loads to see, we went to the new Mary Rose Museum, which is a fantastic
    experience now it's completed. I saw the Mary Rose when it was first put on display, at that time it was very makeshift and the ships timbers were being
    sprayed to preserve them and there was very little else to see. Today there are so many artefacts it is truly amazing, the new Museum was built around
    the temporary housing, the top floor is the main viewing area and the floor has the same contour as the ships main deck, also on show was Victory's
    Top Foresail, known as The Trafalgar sail, when fully opened it covers the same space as two tennis courts, the sail is battle scarred with many holes from cannon fire etc and is very fragile now, HMS Hood's Bell is a very poignant sight with lots of poppies placed there at the time I saw it, hope to return
    one more time when things get back to normal, cheers.

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    Did you visit the submarine museum believe in Gosport. If so will have seen the Hollande 1 . Another small episode in my life . When we go back and remember the accomplishments in our past it sometimes makes up for some of the failures . Cheers JS.
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