3D Guide to Britain's Most Famous Warship (2/2)
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- This is Epic History TV's guide to HMS Victory, one of the most famous warships in history, and flagship of Vice Admiral Nelson at his decisive victory over the Franco-Spanish Combined Fleet at Trafalgar in 1805. In this episode we look at the composition of naval crews, and how they sailed, fought and lived aboard a warship like Victory.
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I hope you enjoy the new video! Special shout to all Patrick O'Brian fans, who will be nodding along sagely to most of this. Thank you to everyone else who helped to make this series, including the National Museum of the Royal Navy, the National Maritime Museum, the estate of Derek Gardner, James Malcolm and Simon Edwards - links in video description. Head over to our Patreon page for production updates and news of what's next! www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV
I love it ❤️❤️
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The Patrick O'Brian books are fantastic, also the Thomas Kydd series by Julian Stockwin is a similar series that I'd always recommend to enjoyers of O'Brian's novels.
I wonder what video you’ll do next...
thanks for russian subtitles
i don't need them but was able to get my friend to watch them with subtitles
i guess glory to Ukraine!
I cannot tell you how many years I’ve wanted a series on TH-cam exactly like this, absolutely amazing job!
Truly superb! These are well researched, well presented and edited educational videos. Epic History really has something to be proud of here as their dramatic and engaging retelling of history connects today with centuries ago.
Plus the dudes voice is enjoying nothing I hate more then when someone does a good job on a video I’m interested in but then the narrator is annoying af this dude he talks like a cat purrs
I absolutely agree!
There is a video on TH-cam showing Victory firing a broadside, you will not be disappointed even though the cannons have only 1/4 -- 1/2 powder , purley for the preservation of the cannons and ship of course .
@@tubuskan4348 The narrator is called Charles Nove, a BBC announcer, shameful there is no acknowledgement to him
This channel is truly a gold standard in historical documentary. I adore HMS Victory and the Napoleonic Wars, and nowhere else do I get the sense that my intense passion is so equally shared than I do here. Even though I knew much about HMS Victory owing to reading on the subject, this miniseries was a profound joy to watch, interesting and awe-inspiring all-through. Your series on Napoleon's Marshals introduced me to a series of inspirational and deeply interesting characters, many of whom I've come to admire profoundly since learning of.
Romanticising the Napoleonic Wars is something I may be very guilty of, but I am filled with emotion at the exploration of these times and the people that forged them. Such pride, inspiration, courage and glory the world so seldom seems to see these days, and yet this era has it in abundance.
I do so adore these videos and hope they may long continue. Thank you to all involved. Your work is so deeply appreciated. :)
I too kind of romanticize the Nap Wars as well. The great thing about this video is it literally explains EVERYTHING in Master and Commander than I had no clue what they were talking about. I now know exactly in detail what the Wind/Weather Gauge was and why it was so important to Aubrey.
I ALSO. PLUS CIVIL WAR..
@@ewjiml Haha, yes! It was Hornblower that started my journey into understanding sailing ships and their terminology, but I'm in deep now. I love it all, from the actual knowledge to the language used to communicate it at sea. Their vocabulary sounds so good! Far superioir to the bland words we use on land. Even something as simple as "on your left" as we'd say, sounds so much better as "portside".
One thing I have learned, as I've understood more about sailing a square-rigged tall ship, is that many of the phrases we now use on land are from the Royal Navy. There are loads of examples but for example, if we change the subject of a conversation we might introduce it by saying, "changing tack" - exactly as a ship does.
Once you start to learn the etymology of our words and phrases it will surprise you how many come from the sea.
P.S. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, had intended we answer calls not with "hello", but "ahoy". :)
@@edward1676 The American Civil War, you mean? If so, yes. Me too, haha.
What are the books that you read abt Victory?
It is truly mind boggling how such a quality production hasn't yet been cemented as the standard for making historical documentaries. Epic History TV leads the way!
Well first of all, this costs *a lot* of money to do
Secondly, many people don't have a lot of money
@@derrickstorm6976 It's actually the ratings. Before Pawn Stars, History Channel made a bunch of high quality Historical Documentaries. Unfortunately, Pawn Stars blew them out of the water in ratings and they hardly make good ones, there's been a few in recent years but History Channel has been mostly crap. Well, except The History Channel Vault App.
We need more accurate productions like this.
Misinformation has spread wide because of the proliferation of amateur enthusiasts armed only with wikipedia and pride.
@@BeKindToBirds misinformation and ignorance is hardly a new thing.
What does that even mean? This is TH-cam, you want there to be some sort of standard for TH-cam videos? Lol
This and the previous episode was absolutely phenomenal. This is the best series I have ever seen on such sailing warships of the Napoleonic period, by far. It is so so good to have video that is not only thoroughly researched, but also uses both numbers, examples, and illustrations to showcases the ship and life aboard it. Absolutely outstanding work with this one!
4:51 It's great that we know the names of all of Victory's crew. None of them have been forgotten.
We also have records showing the ages, place of birth, etc. Interesting that there were many Americans, and even French and Spanish fighting for the British at Trafalgar. Some of the ships had women on board.
@@markmark63 many of those Americans are loyalists who fled the newly independent United States to British North America (Canada)
I wonder how so many Americans ended up on the ship. Were they pressed? In which case, where were they pressed? Or did some join willingly, being Loyalists perhaps?
Any idea where one could find the full list, ideally with any additional information about where they were from, how long they served etc? I'm sure a few people doing genealogy research may find it useful.
To find those born in America write America as the birthplace - not USA. Although many were born when America was still British.
So so fantastic - thank you so much! Your narrator is simply incredible - such a perfect voice for these videos! Bravo Epic History TV - thanks so much for all your incredible work.
Portuguese gun crews of the 15th-16th centuries invented cannon shot skipping as a way to maximize the use of the Caravel as a highly maneuverable sniping platform.
It's hard to say anyone "invented" this practice. Every navy with higher velocity guns will have noticed that effect sooner or later independently of one another. Not to mention that the same effect was also used in land battles.
@@rockyblacksmith By "invented" i meant the purposeful, sistematic use of a gunnery skill, not happy little accidents of ballistics occasionally observed. Also, gunnery engagements at sea are far from being the same as on land.
@@rusticus6393 Of course gunnery engagements on land and sea are different, but the effect of skipping the shot off the surface was used in both. My point was that it would have been a known effect at the time, just seenand used in a different context.
Now, if we are talking about systematic use of the practice, then yes, that was the portugese from what we know.
@@rockyblacksmith I must point out, however, the "portuguese gun crews" were made up of a considerable portion of "bombardeiros alemães" or "german gunners" (mostly germans and dutch) who would pas on their knowledge to actual portuguese. They were higly valued at the time.
they did not the brought us periperi chicken and its delicious imho.
It would be cool to see a series detailing napoleonic regiments or units, similar to the Napoleons marshals series. Good content otherwise! 👌
Agree
Basically the only videos I watch that I wish were longer.
shame about the shitty war thunder ad at the start tho
@@astroboirap he must live of some thing have respect
@@astroboirap I assume you'd rather have 15min of ads?
@@CptDylster i would prefer yes because have ad blocker installed
@@astroboirapyou can say whatever. My only point is we have moved away from 10 ads every 10min to one or two ads in the beginning by TH-cam that don’t pay quite enough for the creator and usual one quick sponsor which helps pay for the content you are literally watching for free.
I was waiting for a series like that on TH-cam exactly, the first and second episode was absolutely amazing!
27:00 the good old days "The British navy, well manned, well resourced, and backed by a powerful economy"
*Britian's currency value drops slightly.
Internet: So they're basically a third world country now right?
@@Wanderer628 We will be if our economy continues in it’s current trajectory
God bless the British isle and it’s armed forces
@@Wanderer628 The navy down from 160,000 sailors to 30,000. The number of ships down from 140 first class ships to under 70 total ships. Yes, we are approaching third world status. Personally, I would not mind if the politicians would stop trying to run other countries and concentrate on our own problems.
When I was a child I lived on a farm in the UK. The covered yards we kept the cattle in had a roof made up of wood and clay tiles. That roof was held up by massive wooden pillars that were about 30 feet high that were said to be the recycled masts from ships in Nelson's navy. The wood was so hard it was impossible to knock a steel nail in more than a half inch before it bent over. The buildings were certainly the right age and they were protected by law so they could not be demolished.
Thats awesome, my wifes farm here in sweden has a barn built in similar fashion, also with old ship timber a few centuries old. Guess old and bad ship material still was stellar material for other usages back then
@@LeonLowered I think it is the fact that a piece of timber that large was so valuable it simply had to be recycled for economic reasons. In fact, the timbers were so large and heavy I don't even know how they got to the farm. I guess some kind of articulated horse drawn wagons but getting them along narrow country roads then from horizontal to standing vertical in hand carved stone bases would have taken dozens of men.
Many half timbered houses in england were made from hulks and reused for houses.
The famous London Store called Liberty was built using around 24,000 cubic feet of ships timbers, from two RN ships, HMS Hindustan, and HMS Impregnable, both of three gun decks.
And the wooden floors of the store are the decks of the two ships, the store is the same length and height as HMS Hindustan, it is a beautiful Building, look for pictures or videos on TH-cam.
How is that for recycling.
@@daneelolivaw602 What an interesting piece of history. I have been in the store quite often. There is a lot of wood and it is a somewhat unusual building to be sure. Now I know why.😁
Master and commander is one of my all time favourite films so this documentary has really helped me understand how things worked, exemplary work! This channel is so underrated
It is one of my all time favourite movies. I wish they made the movie more like that book though.
Even better was the Hornblower series
The books are excellent too, worth a read for sure.
@@gryph01 The charming musical concluding scene still ripples through my mind when I least expect it.
Most historically accurate portrayal we've ever gotten if I'm not mistaken.
I'm always amazed at the quality of epicHistoryTV's videos. While I think all of your videos are terrific, I think this series on Victory might be some of your best work to date. Keep up the great work and hats off to the entire team.
Hear, hear !!!!
We can meme the Brits all we want, but damn they make some fine ships
About halfway through and I had to drop a comment to say how impressed I am with the amount of research and effort that must have gone into this. There's knowledge being dropped with every sentence. Whoever you are - you deserve to get commissioned by the BBC or history channel. Your work is as good if not better than many mainstream studio's that I've seen. Keep it up! Very appreciative.
I absolutely second that.
The bbc and/or the history channel could have done this. They did not. They spend their money on presenters rather than researchers. Waste of time and money.
Absolutely insane I was literally on HMS Victory when this video was uploaded! I stood in the spot where Nelson fell, goosebumps guys
As a French, can i take this opportunity to share my upmost respect for Great Britain and it’s navy. Vive la France et la Grande Bretagne !
The Royal Navy had to be good, because the French were a worthy adversary.
Also; British Naval gunnery was superior because they were given extra gunpowder to practice with, the French field artillery was superior for the same reason.
Britain is a sea animal, France is a land animal
Try policing your shore's and stop criminals from crossing the channel with French aid.
Maxine bourzeix: Thanks for the magnanimous sentiment. Politicians cause wars. Citizens fight and die in them. Soldiers, sailors and airmen of all opposing sides have much in common. Pity our politicians don’t.
@@britishpatriot7386: I agree with your sentiment entirely but, Priti Patel tasked the Royal Navy to stop the never ending tsunami of illegal, economic migrants reaching our shores. The RN refused. Going back in history, we were able to stop invasions of Armada’s from wherever they might come. Today, Border Farce and the RNLI are sent out to “rescue” and shepherd the flotillas of small boats from Calais! Such are the woke times and weak kneed politicians that we are saddled with. They feel more comfortable taking the knee than enforcing the measures necessary for the prevention/removal of these unwanted criminals to our shores. Hotel accommodation/spending money and complete lack of will sends absolutely the wrong message to these boat people.
I've been waiting on the edge of my seat for this second video after being blown away by the first one on HMS Victory. Absolutely incredible content and I'm so glad I found this channel! I've been fascinated by the Napoleonic Wars and naval warfare of that period ever since watching Master and Commander years ago. Just binge watched the 4 hours of so of the complete Napoleonic Wars and could not stop watching. Thank you so much for these top notch history videos. Should be shown in every high school history classroom.
If you ever visit the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth and are lucky, you might get to see the Fore topsail that Victory was using during the Battle of Trafalgar, all the holes, and rips you can see are the result of battle damage. It is very rarely on display these days, only for a few days at a time, and on special occasions.
So Empire 2 Total War when?
cant belive that you have such detailed sorces to show the names of admirals down to sailors with there role on the ship its just mind blowing there no words to decribe the joy i fell when you upload a video!
The British navy was fastidious at keeping records. Midshipman were required to keep records in order to pass officer exams. There are hundreds of ship's logs available to read that show these records.
I didn’t want it to end. Is there going to be more parts? Boy I hope so. You guys do just amazing work
Love Admiral Nelson and HMS victory.
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I knew that modern anchors worked like that, but I was never sure if it was the same in the age of sail! Really nice video by the way :)
The quality of this video kept me watching the screen and listen carefully the entire video. Top tier excellence in video documentary.
Another astoundingly detailed video. Awesome work, it was a pleasure to watch!
The first part was amazing! I watched it several times. I can't wait to see this one.
These documentaries are of unbelievably high quality. The attention to detail in narration and visuals is stunning - the History Channel would be lucky to have content like this. Even as an avid enthusiast of this period and topic, I found myself learning lots of new things - and was kept very well engaged!
Still waiting for master and commander 2, but this will do. Thank you
Over many years I've been to see the Victory three times and every time it was stripped substantially in some way for repairs and rebuilding. Amazing ship amazing crew but just give a thought to those incredible craftsmen who built such a technological monster out of a most unforgiving material, oak.
For sure! I'm a carpenter, and can say first hand how tough oak is. It was the steel of their times.
I was in England last Jyme and made a special trip to Portsmouth to see the ship. ...and would make the trip again in a minute.
The only problem I had! My height. At 6'3", I'll bring a hard hat next time!
@@w.patterson4413Hey, just remember a hard hat ADDS another 1 1/2" to 2" to your height, so you'll have to duck a bit lower than you're used to! ( But at least you won't bonk your head!)
@@david9783 I built a model of the Victory, it's 4ft wide and three foot high, which took me three years. When I was planking the hull I used 3mm mahogany and bending that wood up to the captain's cabin was a lot of trouble due to the sharp angle. I steamed them first and when doing that I thought to myself, how the hell did those old shipbuilders bend that oak at such an angle? On my first visit I shot straight to the stern to see if that angle was as sharp as my drawings and sure enough it was. Absolutely incredible.
@@copferthat Yes, old world craftmanship astonishes me, too. I imagine the model you built is nothing short of a masterpiece. I'm sure you wondered about the lives of the seamen who were on her. So many jobs, and such harsh conditions and discipline. Every single piece of your model represents its equivalent on the real ship, which those sailors used to sail and fight that masterful piece of maritime construction. You must be very proud of your work! I hope that you protect her from dust and abuse of any kind. Congratulations on a painstaking piece of work!
You can only imagine how horrifying and chaotic a battle on these ships would be. At any second you could be hit by a cannonball or debris. Or in some cases, part of a sudden and huge explosion.
I could watch this for hours! I'm about halfway through the Aubrey/Maturin series and am absolutely enamored. As a citizen of the US, I've always respected the British armed forces, and learning the history of the Royal Navy has only added to that respect and admiration. Incredible stuff, amazing times.
At 18:14. Oooh, love the foreshadowing here for the Battle of Trafalgar. LOL. The maneuver that allowed the British to come out victorious at Trafalgar is the fact that Admiral Nelson ordered his line of ships to smash perpendicular to the Franco-Spanish line of ships. I wasn't aware of raking being the most destructive maneuver for a battleship. But at Trafalgar practically all the British ships raked the French and Spanish ships. Now I get why that was a very deadly and potent maneuver.
Nelson was very aggressive. He knew that by splitting the French/Spanish line would disrupt the formation.
The two British lines not only had the advantage of raking, they also had the weather gauge after the passed through the opposing line.
@@gryph01 but they were under fire for 8 hours before they got to fire a shot. I bought a book on Nelson from the gift shop at The Victory in Portsmouth. There is a very graphic first hand account of the raking of a French ship. They blew the back out with heavy shot, then they fired shrapnel through to kill the men , then chains to take down the masts and sails. It's a gruesome account.
Promotion in the royal navy might have come down to who you know but let's be honest, that really no different than how it is today in many workforces.
The royal Navy was somewhat unique in the day where not only did becoming commander of a ship require merit but also extremely strict and arduous tests to show understanding of maths the ships mechanics. You could know the king himself but if you didn't meet those other two criteria then you were never going anywhere near a ship.
Still the flagship of the first sea lord to this day, shows the significants of a stunning warship.
18:48 it was the act of skipping roundshot that gave Barnes Wallis the idea of creating the Bouncing Bomb for Operation Chastise
Love the video as always also you can absolutely tell the Britain(UK) took pride in there ships and that’s why a-lot of people joined the Navy cause they would have a better life (besides the punishments)
Life in Britain was shit much worse than what people think a bad and utter shit and terrible life is like nowadays and that’s if you survived your first 3 years of life
As a boat builder, I'm stunned by the level of craftsmanship I know goes into such ships. I'm also horrified to know they constantly kept trying to destroy each other lol.
I can only imagine how highly respected the carpenters would be after a serious battle victory and of course keeping the ship a float through it all.
hear hear
"You're telling me you spend 6 years to build a highly intricate marvel of engineering, just to go and shred it to pieces!?"
Naval officer: _yes_
The weather and navigational errors claimed many more than were ever lost in battle.
@@claywebb8199 no doubt, each one is like a massive piece of art. Whenever I see one come through Newport I'm always amazed.
HMS Victory carried 104 guns. The whole of Wellington's Army at Waterloo had only 156 guns, and none of Wellington's guns were larger than 12 pounders (most being 9 and 6 pound cannon). Two thirds of HMS Victory's guns were 32 and 24 pounder guns...
"Why are they called dog watches? Where, ha ha, is the canine connection?"
"Why," said Stephen, "it is because they are curtailed of course."
A total blank. Stephen gave a faint inward sigh; but he was used to this.
"Mr. Butler, the bottle stands by you,’ said Jack. ‘Mr Lydgate, allow me to help you to a little of the undercut."
It was the midshipman who first reacted. He whispered to his neighbour Dashwood, "He said, cur-tailed: the dog-watch is cur-tailed. Do you twig?"
_Post Captain_ by Patrick O'Brian (the second book in the Master and Commander series)
Very good and interesting documentary, however there is a big mistake:
At 0:43, it said that british had "better ship design" and it's not true.
French Sané and Borda's ships (74, 80 and 110 guns) were far better than british ships of their times...
British were better for their well trained crews and artilery, it's a fact, but not by the ships themselves.
Texts of the time attest to this, after captured french 74 guns, british admiralty made sea trials and were really impressed by their superior manoeuvrability
And even Nelson recognized it: "The best navy in the world would be made up of french ships manned by english sailors"
This is great, I hope you do a lot more videos on naval warfare of the Napoleonic era. It would be really cool to learn about the battles in which Victory took part.
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I went to the National Maritime Museum a few weeks ago and it was a true treat. Galleries upon galleries of excellent historical value and interesting objects with themes and a coherent structure, and pleasing aesthetic. The fact that the museum is free and come with a free audio guide only adds to its excellence. Highly recommend a visit.
THANK YOU! I have learned more then I ever would in school on this channel.
This was awesome. I bought my HMS Victory 1.2m model from the beautiful city of Ho Ain in Vietnam.
Master and Commander is gonna make A LOT more sense now!!!
I knew quite a bit of this from reading Hornblower and other novels on the same period but I learnt a lot. These have been excellently put together and presented, thank you.
The Royal Navy and the Grande Armée, the Shark and the Elephant.
Superb
No doubt, my favorite TH-cam channel ever
God there were so many Johns on that ship
This is so very well done -- absolutely brilliant. I'm in my 2nd and 3rd circumnavigation of the Aubrey-Maturin series (Master and Commander for you lubbers) and have compiled a few resources but none so comprehensive. LOVE the ship's maneuvers, especially considering the wind, and I remember Jack Aubrey being quite proud of his Baltimore Clipper for its ability to sail one point close-hauled. Now I know that's a mere 11.5 degrees of the wind -- incredible! ***AND THE BELLS!*** My God I have had a time understanding the bells, which I love but do not understand. How do we contribute to more of this? I'd love to see some even more technical information such as USS Constitution, HMS Shannon, and some of the "fascinating modern age" French ships of the early 19th century :)
Haha I definitely gonna continue reading them tonight too after watching this. The dialogue is only sometimes a bit hard to follow for a non native speaker, but at least the nautical terms will be a lot easier now :)
How long did it take for an experienced crew to set the ship to general quarters ? That seems like a complex operation.
Accustomed to Victory….I see what you did there 😉
Pls!!! Battle of Trafalgar!!!!!!!!!!
Greetings from Argentina, I greatly admire the team that makes up Epic History TV, greetings to all.
This has been a great series, guys, really informative & loved the CGI of her in full sail and the explanation of managing the wind. Thanks for making it.
Hearts of oak are our ships,
Jolly tars are our men…
Extremely interesting insight into the life of former sailors. It's really hard to imagine what they had to go through... life on the seas was simply hell on Earth.
To many poor people of the time they most likely found it more suitable. A fitting quote would be:
"It may not sound like heaven, but at least it isn't hell"
I can remember on excercises on HMS Ashanti in the magazine loading shells onto the lift that takes them up to the big guns, sheer luxury compared to what the gun crews of old had to do.
@Will Rose Punctuation?
Brilliant video. Something to mention is the bravery of officers, who were expected to stand practically in the open in visible uniform with sharpshooters aiming for them, splinters flying everywhere. Very brave
SICK VIDEO ive actually been on hms victory very acurate 👍
As an ex RN sailor I'd like to correct you on one point. The sailors who handled the top sails were known as Upper Yardsmen.
A french tourist on a visit to HMS Victory asked the guide if the canonballs on the ship were the original ones from the Battle fo Trafalger, to which the guide replied "no sir, your navy still has those"
i work as a marine engineer and it amaze me this vídeo. i am learning so many new things from you.. hurra!!!
I wish you do a video about viking longships,gaelons,dromons and other great ships!
Absolutely incredible, especially the explanation of the preparations for combat and the functioning of the guns. The most professional History channel on TH-cam. The ships of the line were one of the most impressive and complex machines ever created, it's amazing the level of organization and logistics that they managed to get at that time, they're a true monument to human ingenuity and cooperation.
Brilliant video as always! Epic History TV never disappoints!
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12:49 This is very similar to how, in aerial combat, the aircraft at higher altitude has the advantage. It can easily dive in order to gain speed, attack with the sun behind it, can counter any move an opposing aircraft makes, and can easily disengage.
crazy to think how many men were aboard a ship like the victory
I think the guns are more crazy considering I believe hms victory had and has 104 guns and just over 800 men compared to napoleons army at the battle of waterloo with 72 thousand men there abouts and 246 cannon so by that logic hms victory should have had 30,439 thousand men onboard but of course land and naval combat is very different
Thought the number of crew was amazing, too. A modern airliner goes up with 5-10 crew on board. Maybe another 20 to service it on the ground? To sail a ship like Victory took peak organization, coordination, and communication. Will admit- I couldn't do it!
@@Redmenace96 Square riggers that alot of people to function properly and amazing organisation although square riggers are rear nowadays and the ones around are of much better technology
So many of them slaves. As in not there by free will. Sad!
If I recieved a flogging, for the rest of my time on the ship I would be so good I would have a halo over my head. Absolutely no way would I risk going through that again.
And that's precisely why they used flogging. Remember, they wanted to recruit the strongest, most brave men around for sailors and Royal Marines. Those are also the types of guys who tend to be quite ornery, pigheaded and unwilling to follow directions a lot of the time. So you gotta push back HARD against these types. Apparently flogging worked at that time. Once mass education started to happen in the late 19th century, then you got educated guys coming onboard. They tended to be far less unruly, so that's when the Royal Navy abolished flogging and terrible punishments of this sort.
@@Luboman411 Yes. I would imagine that they only had to flog a man once. That was enough.
Absolutely exceptional series. Long long over due, so many thanks and very well done.
This has been an incredibly interesting and factual documentary concerning one of the most remarkable vessels still in existence. I greatly enjoyed watching the two videos that made up this discussion of VICTORY.
However, I noted a few relatively unimportant inaccuracies in some of the information that you might want to correct, should you ever make more videos, or revise this one:
1. On board ships there are no "pullies". They are called "blocks".
2. In battle not all officers would be on the quarterdeck. Several officers, usually including the First Lieutenant, would be supervising the guns below decks.
3. The reason the gun captain would stop the touch-hole or vent of the gun when it is being swabbed out isn't so much to prevent sparks being shot out as to create a vacuum as the swab was removed, to extinguish any remaining sparks still inside the bore.
4. Keeping the ball and charge inside the cannon was one purpose of the wad. However, another was to increase the pressure on the inside for the detonation.
5. The image shown when discussing how the "sextant" was used for the noon sightings was in fact an older "octant".
6. Ship's bells are rung in pairs. This makes it easy to count them and keep track of how many were rung. Especially for eight bells at the end of a watch, if they were rung in the way demonstrated in the video (but which would never have been done on board ship) many would lose track and thus not know how far into the watch they were.
7. In the Royal Navy there is no "Second Dog Watch". It is in stead called the "Last Dog Watch". It's only in the United States Navy that is is called the Second Dog.
Incidentally, the First Watch started at 2000 (8 p.m.) rather than midnight because that was the time for pipe down or bed, and was thus considered the start of the Naval day.
Having pointed these out, I do observe that wealth of accurate information vastly outweighs the few mistakes I've listed above.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Some useful corrections and elaboration - some of this was obviously left out for brevity / simplicity, though on dog watch, for example, I followed Lavery. If I err, I err in his illustrious wake.
As a retired naval officer, USN, I am always in awe of the historical legacy of the Royal Navy...worldwide.
For all who have and for those who have not seen Master and Commander with Russell Crowe. This documentary on sea life as well as sailing terminology on a British sailing vessel or as they refer to as a ship of the line. Fascinating documentary on what made the HMS Victory and her crew a force to be reckoned with.
According to her history, the Victory had seen many battles at sea and at home against the French Navy. She fought in 6 major battles and was 1 of 6, which were the most capable of inflicting severe damage to her opponent. These ships of the line had a complement of 800 plus men, from enlisted to Admiral. Great documentary
The doctor in that film was amazing. Really showed how much it mattered to have a knowledgeable physician as your surgeon on deck rather than just a cook/barber with sharp tools, as was his assistant.
@@scottanno8861 Played by Paul Bettany.
I've been eagerly awaiting this episode! Brilliant as always!
Amazing job geezers, super immersive series. The detail is second to none
Ottoman Empire awarded admiral Nelson with a medal after his victory in Battle of Nile. It can be seen attached on right side of his uniform. 28:56
wow I didn't know that
So much information in this video - its quite amazing. I found myself pausing many times. As a fan of Patrick Obrian's Aubrey and Maturin series, I found this video fantastic and accurate. What an achievement.
Absolutely the same. I've read the Aubrey-Maturin series several times. This is a truly outstanding video.
@@brianmessemer2973 Ive read all 20 books 3 times over. Oh, to live on the sea in that era!
@@jerseyjunior We are a couple of rare ones, aren’t we? Truth be told I actually only read the books twice and then after that I’ve listen to the recorded book series I think three times. They’re narrated by Patrick Tull and are absolutely fantastic, I can highly highly recommend them. Cheers to us, vicarious sailors and lovers of the age of sail 🍻
@@brianmessemer2973 Ive never in my life listened to an audiobook, but i must confess i am half way through the series a 4th time. i usually read during my summer vacations lol
As somebody who's currently reading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey Maturin series, these recent videos have been amazing to teach the finer details of naval terms for rigging, sails, crewmember roles and more. Absolutely amazing stuff!
My Great grandfather was a fireman at the navy docks in Portsmouth during WWII and they slept on the victory as the Germans used it as a marker so it was one of the "safer" places at the docks.
Phenomenal series - incredibly fascinating; it blows my mind that it survives even today. How they even designed such a machine, let alone built it, is incredible. Really well shot, written and narrated too. Thank you 👍
Wonderful presentation! Superb narrator, BTW. I was lucky enough to visit the USS Constitution a number of years ago. On my bucket list: a visit to HMS Victory. Rule Britannia! A hand salute from a retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer.
'Master and Commander' is one of my favourite movies. And this video gave me even more apreciation for the level of detail they put in to make the movie more realistic
Thanks for this video. I visited H.M.S Victory in 2013. In my hometown Gothenburg in Sweden the H.M.S Victory is remembered for the friendship offered by Admiral Sir James de Saumarez in 1808-1810, granting the admiral eternal honourable citizenship of Gothenburg for offering protection against the danish-frensh intended invasion that never happened thanks to the Royal Navy.
Amazing that such a documentary could be made today. More of this please!
I want to say, on behalf & in remembrance of the Jack Tars & officers of the Royal Navy who fought the French: please cease & desist from referring to British ships of this era as "Napoleonic'. VICTORY & her sisters were surely "Georgian ships of the line".
Otherwise, marvellous!
France ruled the land, England ruled the sea. Greatest rivalry of all time!
Except the British expeditionary force avoided the French Imperial army on land for most of the Napoleonic wars , they were smart enough to know they would get comprehensively stomped😂Its initial engagement in the peninsula war promptly ended when the British ran back to the sea instead of facing Napoleon!
But yeah sure, after everyone else in mainland europe ganged up on France for the 100th time (motivated to do so with British cash) Wellington and his allied army was there to deal the knockout blow 😝
@@mexicomax77 The British Army was never designed to fight huge continental battles. It would have been strategically stupid to go to such expense without adequate support from a continental power(s). It could prop up and/or spearhead continental battles such as at Blenheim, Minden, Salamanca or Waterloo though. The first British Expeditionary force to the Iberian Peninsula had to retreat because it had very quickly become totally outnumbered. Operating sea borne expeditionary forces in contested territory is hugely difficult and comes with massive risk as the line of supply is precarious at best.
However, Britain's dominance at sea was unequivacole. No navy in the history of earth, even that of the US, has commanded a dominance like that of the Royal Navy and kept it. A dominance brought about by some absolutely crushing victories. Indeed, Britain fought and defeated 5 other nations navy's almost simultaneously during the the period 1793 -1815. I don't just include the big battles such as Camperdown or Nile but the smaller actions and the meneuvering to blockade ports and seaboards which required a vast coordinated enteprise with exceptional martial seamanship. The strategic affects are easy to see and prove a DECISIVE factor in the ultimate defeat of Napoleon's Empire.
@@doug6500 its easy to understand why the UK developed such dominance on the seas. An island nation that gave up mainland Europe after losing the 100 years war. UK dominance peaked by the late 19th century though. Nowadays French and British navy have similar power and capabilities. Arguably the most competent navies after the US.
@@mexicomax77 England's venture in the 100 Years War was folly despite crushing victories like Crecy, Poitiers, Verniuelle, etc. It had a populationn 4x less than that of what encompassed the Kingdom of France and nowhere near the power projection to be able to hold land effectively. A dynastic struggle with very little relevance to the geo political struggles 3 centuries later.
@@mexicomax77 I’d argue it peaked during the First World War honestly. Regardless of your opinion of the performances at Jutland, the Germans still failed in their objective and British Naval blockade was likely the most decisive factor in German long term defeat, completely starving the Germans of food and supplies . The creation of the dreadnought at the beginning of the 20th century also revolutionised naval combat, a British invention. Making all ships built prior to dreadnought functionally obsolete, and starting a naval arms race with the Germans that Britain ultimately won. With the brutal cost of the war and subsequent naval treaties causing it to be spread thin by the time of Second World War (though still the dominant navy at the wars beginning).
I'm so glad this popped up. I've been slogging through the complete set of Aubrey novels (20, count 'em, 20, an unsolicited gift) by Patrick O'Brian. It's been mind-boggling, with all the technical terms, for which the old rip offers little or no definition or explanation. This will help a lot.
Bardzo fajnie opisany statek i życie marynarzy na morzu. Dziękuję bardzo za lekcję historii o Brytyjskiej Marynarce Wojennej. Bardzo miło mi się słuchało i oglądało. Pozdrawiam z Polski.
What a great episode! The film Master and Commander always brings me here. And this always takes me back to Master and Commander.
I'm now realizing how accurate and good Master and Commander was.
name of the song which starts at 7:45 is Filmstro - Ganges [Emotional Music]
do you know the song at 5:58
Take your time Epic History! It takes time to make these kind of top-quality videos! We love them
Единственный нюанс. Чтобы строить такие корабли надо иметь современную промышленность. Легкую, среднюю, тяжелую. Одновременно...
Great video as always!!
Hail to the men, boys and wives & mothers who supported those men of Iron sailing wooden ships!
The U.S. Navy has its old Ironside moored in Boston; USS. Constitution...
A superior production, as always. Charles Nove as narrator brings it unto perfection.