HMS Victory (1620)

Victory in 1655
Portrait of Victory by Willem van de Velde the Elder, 1655
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameVictory
Ordered10 March 1620
BuilderWilliam Burrell, Deptford Dockyard
Launched1620
Commissioned1627
FateBroken up, 1691
Notes
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type42-gun great ship
Tons burthen8707994 bm
Length108 ft 0 in (32.92 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 9 in (10.90 m) , later raised (probably through girdling) to 37 ft 6 in (11.43 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 0 in (5.18 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement260–300
Armament42 guns
General characteristics after 1666 rebuild[2]
Class and type82-gun second-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1029 7494 bm
Length121 ft (37 m) (keel)
Beam40 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament82 guns of various weights of shot

Victory was a great ship of the English Navy, launched in 1620 and in active service during the seventeenth century's Anglo-Dutch Wars. After a seventy-year naval career, she was broken up at Woolwich Dockyard in 1691 and her timbers reused in other vessels.

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 158.
  2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 161.