Mark from the States and HMS Victory Guide Reaction
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My Grandad, William Miller joined the Royal Navy as a 14 year old navy boy in 1912, he joined the HMS Victory and served through WW1, he was a career Navy man and served on the HMS Ark Royal for WW2. So proud he served. Rip Grandad.
On a guided tour of HMS Victory a French tourist asked if the cannon balls were real "No actually these are replicas " he was told he asked why? "Because you have all the real ones" came the reply!
LOL
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That's one of the few historic occasions when the French had more balls than we did. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
@@coot1925 😆 in fact some of the British sailors were French, because you were better fed, better paid and got 'prize money' - a share in the value of any ships captured. It was a lucrative battle...
@@dorothyramser7805 that's really interesting. Was not aware of that. 👍
I love the way this guy says "waaaaahhhr". He makes a three course meal of the word "war" and it's fantastic
Don't worry about your son visiting us. The UK is a safe country to visit.
I hope he enjoys himself.
Awesome thank you
Hms victory is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission and is the flagship of the first sea lord who is head of the Royal navy
wow
I like the fact she is still in conmission..
I've been aboard Victory and saw the Orlop deck where Nelson died. She is truly a work of art and I'm so glad she was kept as a museum ship. If only we could have done the same for HMS Warspite.
Yes
I have been many times and there is always something I have missed.
And HMS Vanguard
Last time I visited Victory I’d just spent a week at sea (in winds 1 mph short of a hurricane) crewing a tall ship to raise money for a veteran’s charity here - definitely still had my sea legs so it was quite tricky to navigate some parts of it…
But it did give me a real appreciation for the sheer scale of everything, having spend the week hailing ropes and climbing masts and knowing how difficult that could be, really brought home the sheer effort and knowledge required to sail HMS Victory
so cool
I've been on this ship many times...it never gets boring
visited hms victory in pomppy nearly 40years ago with my late parents and new husband , given a great tour by a marine , well worth a visit
Can't believe I've only just seen this! I live just outside Portsmouth (known as Pompey to the locals) and love this whole stretch of coast. It's packed with centuries of history due to being close to France, and also has some beautiful landscapes/seascapes... although I may be biased.
Hi Mark, several people in the comments have mentioned that if you visit Portsmouth you can see the Mary Rose, the Victory and HMS Warrior. They also point out that HMS Warrior was the world's first iron clad warship. She was certainly Britain's first but the French warship Gloire was actually launched a year earlier in 1859.
Another brilliant choice! I have always been fascinated by the "wooden world". I loved the history and adventure, primarily the Napoleonic wars. Patrick O'Brian's books are the truest insight that world and culture. "Master and Commander: Far Side of the World" as a movie is a brilliant adaption and depiction of that world. Well worth it. And yes, I have visited Victory a couple of time, and revelled in walking through that living history, Indeed, really hope you get to see it one day.
Enjoyed that video. It's interesting to note that the Royal Navy ships shown consisted of the Red, White and Blue squadrons. Each recognised by the colour of their ensigns flown on their masts. Nelson's was the White squadron and as an admiral gained experience and promotion he progressed through Blue to White and eventually to the Red squadron (which was introduced at Trafalgar). This squadron system was soon changed and the colours re-appointed. White becoming the RN ensign colour. Red ensign was given to the Merchant Navy and Blue was reserved for ships commanded by a Warranted officer of the RNReserve or merchant ships on secondment to the RN.
Sorry to waffle on. History seems to go on forever... 😀
Love it T Mac...
There is a couple of clips on TH-cam of HMS Victory firing a broadside while in dock ( pyrotechnics - not for real ) Nobody warned the cars in the carpark - they freaked out when Victory opened fire and all the car alarms went haywire .
Awesome
I've been to HMS Victory twice, it's well worth a visit, it's very impressive. Great video Mark.
I hope your Son enjoys his trip. 👍
Thanks Paul. Oh I'm sure it will be a trip of a lifetime.
Portsmouth Naval Dockyard is an awesome experience. Containing three historic vessels: Mary Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior (the first armoured, ironclad,steam powered warship), as well as various displays and workshops is a must for any visitor with an interest in this aspect of history. Portsmouth is one of my favourite cities and I try to visit at least once a year, even though it's around 250 miles away.
Yes I want to visit
Well done to you, what a bloke, travelling that distance, i am lucky to live closer, and visit a few times a year, i never get bored of walking around the Dockyard, its an incredible place.
Mark, as I have commented on other sites re the Victory, I had a relative on board at the Battle of Trafalgar. He, unlike Lord Nelson, did in fact survive the battle to talk to the family about the whole event.
He, William Elliott, was Master at Arms on board (a little like the chief policeman) enforcing discipline. Probably not everyone's favourite crew member! I myself do not suffer fools gladly, and I often wonder how much of his character has passed down to me. My big regret of course is that we have no idea what he looked like., or indeed sounded like: we can only guess. Only high ups could afford to have drawings or paintings done of themselves.
But I am very proud that I am descended from a person who took part in such a famous battle.
Wow awesome
1st rate ships of the line were proportional in cost to modern day aircraft carriers, i think on average both cost nearly 2% of a large country's income to produce.
According to wikipedia, britain built 41 first rate ships of the line over the course of 106 years, this is only 100+ gun ships so quite a few 98 gun second rate ships of the line were also built. (1741-1847)
Also fun fact: in this time period the tallest manmade object in any coastal city wasnt a building, it was the masts of the 1st rate ships followed by any cathedrals or churches.
I loved this video, ever since reading the Master & Commander series, and then seeing the movie, I’ve been endlessly fascinated by the age of sail.
the battle of the Nile was amazing its worth taking a look ...
Watching this is making me want to rewatch Black Sails lol.
awsome loved this need to watch part 2 great to see other people from another country interested in our history this is awsome
The biggest cause of death in a ship's battle was death by a splinter. A cannonball striking the ship's timber sent splinters everywhere and decimated anyone in their way. Then, of course, there was drowning. The workmanship that went into those ships was amazing.
Another great video
I understand the concern
Your young man will be fine and very safe🙏No wander the navy is the senior service
Don't worry about your boy Mark. We'll look after him whilst he's here! You're going to have some peace when he gets back too, because Scotland, Ireland and London in 10 days is going to tire him out!!
She is beautiful. The Royal Navy had been changed by Samuel Pepys, he did away with purchase of commission, anyone could go up the ladder. Exams were set and all provisions were made mandatory (set each meal out for all crew members, did away with poor quality food). Prize money was awarded equally which was only stopped after WW1. (Divided on a sliding scale). Samuel Pepys was a clerk to Charles II, famous for his diaries.
I may have to look into this guy. Thanks Catherine
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is an amazing place and is an all day visit. Not only is the Mary Rose and HMS Victoria there but also HMS Warrior the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warship, together with many other attractions.
Victory is an amazing ship and truly beautiful.
Loved the video and now I want to go back and see her again.
When you visit HMS Victory Mark it would pay to visit HMS Warrior , also in Portsmouth , it was Britains first ironclad battleship 🇬🇧
absolutely
HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince was the first iron clad ship in the world.
The immortal last words - "we'll edit that out" 😂😂😂 it always blows my mind, just how much wood that had to be sourced for ships like this.
There was so much here I never knew, thanks for this. Great choice.
Glad you enjoyed!
A ship like her is never an 'it'. The men on these ships became incredibly bonded to them, often staying with the one ship for their entire seafaring life.
May I suggest you look at HMS Indefatigable and Captain Edward Pellew. Affectionately referred to as the 'Indy' by everyone except the French, she made her captain and crew a small fortune in prize money.
Mark,if you manager to get to the uk any time try to go to Portsmouth and visit the Victory,you will not be disappointed.Excellent video.
absolutely
One which is overlooked is in Greenwich The Cutty Sark, and also the Royal Observatory which is where we get GMT from and HMS Belfast on the River Thames
Ooh nice. Thank you Sandra
@@MarkfromtheStates many travel into London especially for New Years Eve, and into Trafalgar Square but no idea what it is or what the column is with Lord Nelson at the top?
I would of been one those people if it weren't for all of you
My wife and I took some friends from Indiana around the dockyard in October. When we went round Victory a woman asked her husband if the cast iron galley was the boiler powering the ship. We all had to change deck very quickly.😂
The first time I did the tour of HMS Victory I went with my school on a trip to see Guildford Cathedral (which was still being built) and then on to Portsmouth Naval Dockyard to see the the old girl herself, I was 14 years old at the time, fifty years later I was on a walking stick and it was to hazard's with the stairways etc so just made do with the trip around Henry Vlll warship Mary Rose and what a jaw dropping experience that was.
We are an instinctive seafaring nation, so there are museum/ships all over UK that can be visited by the general public, including HMS Belfast, which is the most modern. Cutty Sark is also a great place to see, and I also like the replica of Drake's Golden Hind, which sits out of the water beside the Thames.
HMS Belfast which was part of the D-Day armada
What a fascinating video. I have visited the Royal Naval Dockyard at Portsmouth and been on board HMS Victory. They also have the Mary Rose exhibition and HMS Warrior, built about 100 years after Victory and the first armoured, iron clad war ships. Of course, it is a working Dockyard so often there will be seen the modern Royal Navy ships virtually alongside these historic vessels.
This is a piece and period of history that fascinates me. I am an avid reader of fiction set at this time. It is a very interesting period of history when England was in peril of invasion much as it was in the early 1940s at the beginning of WW2. Interesting political times that included the time of the Youngest Prime Minister, coming to power in 1783 at the age of just 24 years old!
One piece of information, the wooden partitions and furniture that was removed below when the ship "cleared for action" actually had two purposes. Firstly, it gave room for the gunners but it also reduced the risks associated with the most dangerous and the thing most likely to cause injury, that was wood splinters. Obviously if you were hit by a canon ball then you didn't have much chance but a direct hit wasn't likely... but any wood that was hit would splinter into a thousand shards and each on likely to cause serious injury. Removing anything made of wood reduced the risks associated with it.
It really is worth a visit but remember. It is still a commissioned ship of the Royal Navy and is the Flag Ship of the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Ben Key.
As for your son visiting the UK.... what a wonderful opportunity. I am sure he will love it and will remember it. It would be interesting to hear of the itinerary.
When I went on HMS Victory. I was surprised how small Admiral Nelson's bunk was. He was tiny
Ha! Weren't they all back then
5ft 5...a lot of high-powered people were shorties. Alexander the Great was 5ft 2, apparently, and Genghis Khan was a d*a*f.
Mark, I once saw a group of American submariners on Victory. Their sub was visiting the UK and, understandably being sailors, they wanted to see the old girl.
You know those guys were immaculately turned out. The crease in their trousers, sorry, pants, was razor sharp. They looked great. How they could look so smart living day in and day out in the confines of a sub amazed me. I was very happy to see they were invited on board Victory gratis. God knows enough American blood has been spilled for these islands, its the least we could do for them.
They were a credit to the US.
Awesome Steve that so nice to hear. Thank you
Respectful comments as usual Mark, when I was posted to Gibraltar, my best posting bye the way, there is a small cemetery from Trafalgar, the inscriptions on the headstones inscriptions could have been written yesterday, google Gibraltar Mark
Thanks for sharing
Great reaction to a much loved & famous British vessel. Mentioning the men sleeping aside the cannon. Women onboard sometimes ended up pregnant & often the father was unknown lol. The only place to give birth was between the cannons. With unknown father the title of "Son of a gun" was given to male babies. So that is where the early settlers & cowboys lol got that saying from. Many other old sayings come from the days of the old British sailing vessels & harbour talk. You have "hit the nail on the head there" being another, it coming from Bristol docks. Trade goods were auctioned at the dock side & a huge metal 'nail' was surrounded by traders & hit with a hammer when the deal was done. Many more British old sayings like this that we in the UK still say today & because of our history, across the pond too. 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Awesome thanks Paul
Still commissioned, well worth in visit if you are in Pompey located in the historic dockyard
would love to visit
@@MarkfromtheStates the Mary Rose is also there Henry V111 flagship, sank on its maiden voyage in the Solent, well worth looking up how they found it, brought some of it up and the thousands of artefacts recovered, HMS Warrior as well plus numerous other displays of 500 plus years of the Royal Navy
Yer, I remember telling you a fair bit about the Portsmouth navy port and the Mary Rose. It's worth going aboard the HMS Warrior while you're there. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
I live just outside of Portsmouth and have been on the Victory several times, its a fantastic ship and well worth a visit, along with the Mary Rose and Portsmouth dockyard
Yes I must go
There was a handful of women on board Victory at Trafalgar.
I'm as fascinated with this as you are and I'm English!!! I've seen Victory but this was superb!
I have been on the hms victory a few times. And it is just an amazing experience everytime.
Mindboggling to think that the Victory was built before the US was founded
i did the navy dock yard tour a few years ago its is well worth doing but mind your head...
I would love to visit...thank you Mark
If you want to see what she's like doing a broad side there is a clip on TH-cam, they use pyrotechnics but she lets rip all cannons on one side, f'in terrifying
Uploaded today... Very good
That was a great video, packed with technical detail. The sheer quantity of information was a bit overwhelming. However, I wish I'd seen that before my guided tour of HMS Victory. I feel I'd have got even more out of the actual tour. I hope their videos on living and fighting on board are as thorough.
Seeing Nelson's cabin brought back memories. His cabin didn't feel as big as they made it seem.
As you said, it is remarkable how much thought, skill and talent went into designing and building 'machines' of that complexity and importance. We are lucky to have these historical artefacts open to the public, with guides to help us understand and appreciate our past.
In previous times, industrial buildings, machinery and artefacts was very easily lost. For example,: _The "Soho Manufactory" was an early factory which pioneered mass production on the assembly line principle, in Soho, Birmingham, England, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. It operated from 1766-1848 and was demolished in 1853._
The preserved remnants of industrial history, the things that affected common peoples day-to-day lives seem much rarer than grand buildings and the art of the wealthy. Inevitable, but a bit sad.
Best Wishes. ☮
Is your son's trip tightly planned, or is there enough flexibility in the schools schedule to suggest ideas? I imagine it's planned with military precision, but it's worth checking because your community might be able to suggest activities, events or sights.
Oh no it's in stone lol.
@@MarkfromtheStates Having watched a few US reactors take trips abroad, I was pretty sure that would be the case for a school trip. But worth checking 😀 Is he an adventurous eater? If he is, he might try to eat, or at least taste, some of these:
_Top 10 British Foods That Confuse the Rest of the World_ th-cam.com/video/gUCdohOULaA/w-d-xo.html (6min35sec)
Having written all that follows, it occurs that a significant cultural difference between the US and UK is food. There are enormous numbers of videos, but the "British Foods That Confuse ... the World" might be interesting as a reaction.
Best Wishes for a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful New Year to You and Yours. ☮
*British food*
British food had a terrible reputation, during and after WW2. That was partly because the UK still had some food rationing up to 1954. Eating out was expensive too, so affordable eating out was often dull. Eating out has vastly improved since the mid '90s. Some American chums who've visited since the early 90s have remarked how much better it has become. Curry has become a national cuisine. Many dishes have been invented to cater for British palates. Most famously "Chicken Tikka Masala", invented in Scotland.
We love savoury pies, pasties and sausage rolls. Pastry with savoury fillings is unusual to the US palate. Offal is not popular in much of the USA. He might go for the simpler "steak pie", chicken and ham or cheese and onion..
There are also a bunch of 'pies' which are savoury 'stews' topped with mashed potato (though the originals may have been in pastry like any other savoury pie). These pies are baked in the oven to make the potato top a little bit crispy. These pies might also have a sprinkle of cheese and breadcrumbs. The most famous are Shepherds pie (lamb), Cottage pie (beef),
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales all have "Full Breakfast" with national variations. All will have back bacon, fried or scrambled egg, 'local' sausage (in Scotland maybe Lorne sausage), usually tomato, baked beans, some form of potato, maybe mushrooms, often a national or local version of black pudding (blood sausage which is peppery, savoury and delicious). Usually with toast and tea or coffee. Then national variations might add white pudding, lava bread (seaweed), potato scones, etc. It is a substantial meal, allowing for a light or late lunch.
Cornish pasties are very famous but missing from that list. Cornish pasties were created for Cornish miners to eat (I assume tin miners). Nowadays they are commonly meat and vegetables (swede, onions, carrots, often potatoes) wrapped in one disk of pastry. looking a bit like a calzone bulging with filling. (Apparently, in their early form they also contained a dessert at one end!) The pastry is 'folded' (crimped) into a thick seam where it comes together. The original idea was the miner would hold the pasty by that thick seam and eat the pasty. Their dirty hands would not touch any part of the pasty except the thick pastry seam, which would be discarded.
This shows what they look like (too long, partly because the presenter tries to 'crimp'):
_How Traditional Cornish Pasties Are Made | Regional Eats_ th-cam.com/video/hpMenmmvSxw/w-d-xo.html (8min10sec)
Thanks G
Been on board her twice. had to walk past HMS Victory on my way to HMS Bulwark in 1976. Beautiful to see. you gotta go !!! worth a trip definitely. Need to see the rest of the vid.
Sounds great!
@@MarkfromtheStates On these school trips don't they have adult carers, you could always put yourself forward LOL
Oh God no. That would be torture there's no pubs on their trip
@@MarkfromtheStates LOL....Know what you mean....got the T shirt.
HMS Victory is better than we have got now when one of the two Aircraft Carriers boasting two of the largest in the world goes to sea and promptly leaks water no wonder she is still a commissioned ship
I love this ship though she is looking pretty sad at the moment as she is undergoing a great deal of renovation. But she sure needs and deserves the care.
Your son is going to have a brilliant time. No wonder you're jealous lol
yes he will that bastard...LOL
i believe HMS Victory was/is still a legitimate target in Russian nuclear strike packages.
When u come here u must visit Victory....it really makes u realise how hard life was on board im 5'1"...there are some places i have to stoop!! Shes beautiful.
I'm planning on it Anni and I expect you to be our tour guide
.....booked!!!! ..ill take u round London waving a closed umberella with a small flag attached..shouting "this way, this way".. ...seems to be de rigeur for tour guides.....i know the Jack the Ripper Tour very well...when i was young knew a chap who did it to make extra cash.....he spiced it up....quit alot...was fun..😱🤣🤣🤣🤣 i know a better class of people 😂
Yes yes yes awesome. That sounds fun and you must wear one of those fancy hats
@@MarkfromtheStates do you folk like pubs? There are wonderful pubs u shud visit. Sir Ian McKellan or just Gandalf to his followers🤣🤣 has one of the oldest hostelries, down on the river at Limehouse 500+ yeaes old...The Grapes...not been since COVID but worth a visit.. ...im a lover of ancient creaky places that still look the way they did way back when.....being an ancient creaky being myself...1😉😶
Lol oh yes we love pubs. Or drinking in general. We've got 20 minutes till midnight then I finally can go to bed
The white vertical posts dotted about the ship in the photographs are not original. They are part of a Victorian-era restoration to help reinforce the deck beams.
Iron men in wooden ships.
Me and my missus went on the victory wouldn't have missed it for the world,and you wouldn't guess my missus said she felt sea sick,I asked to have her keelhauled but they said no !😭
lol
I've been and walked around the Victory I.can highly recommended it .
Another good one is how Britain ended the Slave trade. It was an awakening to me The size of HMS Victory is surprising it looks so small.
Thank you Mairi
One thing those of us from the States need to remember while watching English history videos is that when they say "the Revolutionary War" they aren't talking about what we call by that name.
Britain never had anything called a "Revolutionary War" to my knowledge so, if that term is used, I can only think it refers to what we call the "American War of Independence" and that the creators here used the term "Revolutionary War" because they wanted to make it immediately understandable to US viewers.
Perhaps you are thinking of "Civil War". In the UK, that term, more specifically the "English Civil War", refers to the conflict in the 1640s between the King and the English Parliament which was part of the larger conflict "The War of the Three Kingdoms". In the USA, the "Civil War" obviously refers to the north-south conflict there in the mid-19th century which we would call the "American Civil War" or "US Civil War".
The only "revolution" that is so called in the UK was the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 which did not involve a war.
@@MrBulky992 Not at all.
Listen to the context it is used in and when the "Revolutionary War" they are talking about happened.
They are referring to the French Revolution.
@@rittherugger160 I believe you may be correct, in which case the narrator used his own term for these wars and not the ones normally used in the UK.
British historians refer to two wars, namely the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797) and the War of the Second Coalition (1798-1802) as the "French Revolutionary Wars". I have never heard them referred to as the "Revolutionary War".
So you were right to post on the ambiguity and you have changed my understanding of what the narrator may have meant.
If you are interested in the British Napoleonic era Navy you might enjoy Patrick O'Brian's "Aubrey-Maturin" books based on real events
Wooden ships and iron men.
The three lions in Trafalgar Square, beneath Nelsons Column, are made from the captured French canons at Trafalgar.
Oooh very cool
THATS WHERE THE SAYING ( its copper bottomed ) meaning its a Certainty. Also Swinging the Lead comes from the Navy ,A man used to swing a lead weight at the end of a rope with a knot every fathom ( six feet ( to check the depth. If he was pretending to swing it .
Right on Max...thank you
I believe only one deck is original on Victory which is the third deck i believe and it looks original. I have a coin and a small piece of wood from Victory after essential parts of the ship were replaced.
Victory is still a commissioned warship and is the flagship of the Royal Navy
To get more of a first hand idea of how a ship functioned watch the movie "Master and Commander, the Far Side of the World"
Do you plan on reacting to the second part of this video?
I can
Even in ww2 ,we were sinking French ships ,To be fair we did ask them to sail to Britain 🇬🇧. But no they wouldn't Listen, Can you imagine if the Nazi got their hands on top rate surface ships .Couldn't be risked.
@ Mark. Paste into youtube for a short vid. 3. mins. HMS Victory Broadside!
Thanks Shaun
hello its me again ...try watching on youtube HMS Victory Broadside ...
th-cam.com/video/akx4oeFmKTk/w-d-xo.html
HMS, NOT THE HMS
I keep doing that... Sorry
@@MarkfromtheStates 2/10,, SEE ME LATER.
Lol am I in trouble
@@MarkfromtheStates Best to put a paperback down the back of your pants
😂 oh boy
Small world mark I lev in Chatham were hms victory was built all the docks are still here check out Chatham docks don't now why hms victory is doing in Portsmouth should be brought back here
She's in Portsmouth because it's the home of the RN and she's a commissioned warship. It's also from where Nelson boarded her on the way to Trafalgar.
Hey Mark, here's the walk through tour of HMS Victory: th-cam.com/video/FQE7FWdl1xc/w-d-xo.html
thank you Mel
Please will Americans STOP using the Prefix 'The' when talking about Royal Naval ships and vessels, they are simply HMS............... its daft to call a Royal Navy ship The Her/His Majestys Ship................it makes no sense so pllease stop doing it Ta!
I'll try but can't promise. I'm sure it's annoying but it's ingrained to use the