A cannonball was fired into HMS Victory's foremast during the Battle of Trafalgar A wooden foremast from HMS Victory featuring a hole punched into it by a cannonball during the Battle of Trafalgar ...
Perhaps the King and the Royal Navy should now rename HMS Victory 'HMS Compromise'. Nelson's beautiful flagship, still preserved at Portsmouth, has for years been a grave affront to our French allies.
The coin dates to 1894, the year a set of masts were installed on HMS Victory A 127-year-old farthing has been discovered under the mast of Lord Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory. The Victorian-era ...