Snowgoose-1
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Lot more info about HMS VICTORY.
HMS Victory
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rotrax
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Had a coffee in The Boathouse at Endevour Quay Friday. Dead opposite the Victory, which has a mast out.
When in Tommy Neilsons Shipyard at Gloucester Docks in 2015 I saw a great deal of lovely-and fragrant smelling-Oak, destined, they said, for the rebuilding of Victory's magazine.
Good to know the Flagship of the Fleet is being looked after so well.
When in Tommy Neilsons Shipyard at Gloucester Docks in 2015 I saw a great deal of lovely-and fragrant smelling-Oak, destined, they said, for the rebuilding of Victory's magazine.
Good to know the Flagship of the Fleet is being looked after so well.
capnsensible
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Around 20 and a good part of a tidy bit more years ago, I had the good fortune to attend a dining out of a shipmate aboard HMS victory. Pre dinner drinks in Nelsons Cabin followed by a themed supper on a gun deck. Hard to beat.
That venue is available for private hire if you seriously want to impress!
That venue is available for private hire if you seriously want to impress!
Ribtecer
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I attended an Orthopaedic Surgeons dinner from Hasler Hospital on board Victory.
It was a great and very memorable evening.
We too had drinks in Nelsons Cabin.
Snowgoose-1
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Being able to condense some of the seawater to fresh was a bit of a surprise.
If visiting Ipswich Haven I attended one of the themed walks they run (recommended ) , a boaty one which included visiting rwo seaman's churches.
The guide mentioned that the designer of Victory was buried in St Clements Church and was a local lad.
Eminent Ipswichians: Sir Thomas Slade » The Ipswich Society.
Shame he died just before the launch but seems like he was well ahead of his time
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If visiting Ipswich Haven I attended one of the themed walks they run (recommended ) , a boaty one which included visiting rwo seaman's churches.
The guide mentioned that the designer of Victory was buried in St Clements Church and was a local lad.
Eminent Ipswichians: Sir Thomas Slade » The Ipswich Society.
Shame he died just before the launch but seems like he was well ahead of his time
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010169
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A great capital ship.
Have only visited once, but loved it. Such atmosphere. Have a half completed air fix model somewhere. Can I say that as an adult?
Have only visited once, but loved it. Such atmosphere. Have a half completed air fix model somewhere. Can I say that as an adult?
dslittle
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Been there. Done that. A great night out in a superb venue.
Porthandbuoy
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Fascinating. Thank you.
johnalison
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It is a while since we visited. On the last occasion we joined a small tour group and among us were a couple of young oriental ladies. The guide asked them if they wanted a Chinese version of the printed guide, which I think was some laminated sheets. They said would like one and were then asked if they wanted it in Mandarin or Cantonese, to general amusement.
i have not socialised on the Victory but we did have a glorious association dinner on HMS Warrior. Since the Victory, as I understand it, is still in commission, I would love to see her manned with five hundred blokes and taken out for a sail, though I think this unlikely, sadly.
i have not socialised on the Victory but we did have a glorious association dinner on HMS Warrior. Since the Victory, as I understand it, is still in commission, I would love to see her manned with five hundred blokes and taken out for a sail, though I think this unlikely, sadly.
14K478
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I have had pre-dinner drinks on board the VICTORY, courtesy of Lloyds Register, iirc. I have a friend who suggested rebuilding the Cutty Sark to seagoing condition - a project that as a shipwright working on her he could understand and scope. Got nowhere. The VICTORY rebuilt to the standards of TALLY HO! would swallow the MOD funding for a couple of years!
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Frogmogman
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It is, but also seriously expensive. I’d say clearly aimed at the corporate market.
Back in 2008, for my dad’s 80th birthday, with the help of Greg Poole (who at the time was curator of the Submarine Museum) we organized a family dinner on board HMS Alliance after the museum had closed for the night. A truly memorable occasion, particularly as Alliance was the first sub my dad served on, back in 1947 when she was brand new. My dad was always a keen and generous supporter of the submarine museum, the whole evening was organized at very reasonable cost.
We subsequently investigated the possibility of doing something aboard HMS Victory for his 85th, but the price we were quoted was eye-wateringly prohibitive, with zero concessions for ex RN.
Poignard
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"...zero concessions for ex-RN"
It annoys me that the RAF Museum, and the National Army Museum, charge no admission fee (to anyone, not just ex-servicemen) whereas the Royal Navy charges everyone for admission to its museums.
It annoys me that the RAF Museum, and the National Army Museum, charge no admission fee (to anyone, not just ex-servicemen) whereas the Royal Navy charges everyone for admission to its museums.
14K478
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Could it be the scale of the thing? The IWM houses a lot of Air Force and Army kit at Duxford; yes there is more in their ow museums but most Army and Air Force kit can get under a roof.
The Navy has ships and dockyards, exposed to the weather....
johnalison
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Although I enjoy getting in anywhere for free, it offends my sense of logic. I generally expect people who actually use services to be the ones who pay. Our local council have taken this to extremes and we now have to pay for removal of green rubbish, so I am hoist by my own petard I suppose. I have found the Portsmouth museums to give good value, so I can't say that I share your irritation. I last went to the Mary Rose, which was a delight to visit.
Stemar
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If you look at the price for a year's ticket to visit everything, it isn't a bad price, as long as you come back a few times and see a lot of the attractions but, for a one-off, it's the same price. Yes, there are concessions, and some limited tickets, but it's still too rich for me.
I appreciate that it probably costs almost as much to maintain Victory as it does a current ship of similar tonnage and, I would guess a hellava lot more for Marie Rose, but the admission must exclude a significant proportion of the population.
I appreciate that it probably costs almost as much to maintain Victory as it does a current ship of similar tonnage and, I would guess a hellava lot more for Marie Rose, but the admission must exclude a significant proportion of the population.
AntarcticPilot
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The amusement was misplaced, I'm afraid. Mandarin is usually written using simplified characters; Cantonese using traditional characters. They are quite different languages and are not mutually comprehensible. Further, even when using the same set of characters there are significant differences in the way characters are used; I can't give details because I don't read or write either, but my Chinese relatives assure me that's the case, and they have changed things that I've produced using Google translate, not because it was wrong but because Google translate doesn't have Cantonese, so the translation used Mandarin usages.
Elessar
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You can go into the naval dockyard for free. You just have to ask. You have to pay for some on the exhibits including to go on victory but you can have a great day out for free.
Elessar
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It’s impossible I reckon.
The latest version of the tour allows you to walk under the hull. You can see just how fragile and broken she is.
The keel is bent down both fore and aft where she was left floating for years in Portsmouth moored with tight chains.
The keel sits perfectly on a solid structure along its full length, custom made to the bend of the keel.
You can see how she’s bowing out too.
She’d fall to bits if you tried to float her.
Snowgoose-1
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On our last visit four Americans blokes were included in our tour party. They all had HMS Victory T shirts on. They came from America especially to see the ship and I understand that they took the same tour for a number of days.
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Snowgoose-1
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Perhaps they force you under gun point to spend £25 in the gift shops .
At home somewhere, I have a genuine Victory wood chip in a tiny glass case. Perhaps I can buy a decent Victory nail next time.
