HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line. With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759.

The HMS Victory has three masts and a bowsprit. The main mast reaches 220 feet above sea level. When first built the Victory had "pole masts", each made from a single pine tree. Imported from New England until America gained independence and contracts were dissolved. Later masts were "composite" masts, not made from a single piece of wood (see ...

2023年9月8日 · I'm currently working on a 'cross-section' of HMS Victory. The main mast of this build is a simple wooden dowel, as is the case with masts on most models, however. That cannot be the case on the actual ship (s). The masts were surely too large and too straight to be carved out of a single large/tall tree.

HMS Victory's main mast removal for the first time since 1894. An historic moment in time. The mast removal was an incredibly complex project carried out ove...

Also, the main sections were formed by several spars attached together by ropes (the main mast had one meter in diameter in the base). The masts were secured to the hull by eight kilometers of fixed rigging, of black color because of the tar used for its protection.

2011年8月16日 · The main mast has been removed from HMS Victory in Portsmouth as part of a major restoration of Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship. It is the first time in almost 70 years that the ship has...

2021年5月17日 · The main lower mast of Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory has been removed for the first time in nearly 130 years for essential conservation work. The removal of one of the earliest surviving examples of a wrought iron mast in the Royal Navy is part of a 20-year conservation project on the warship based at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

2011年7月12日 · A large crane has begun removing the masts of HMS Victory in Portsmouth as major restoration of Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship gets under way.

2021年5月15日 · The main lower mast of Lord Nelson's HMS Victory has been removed for the first time in nearly 130 years. The artefact was removed over the course of three days so experts can carry out...

2021年5月16日 · A 32-metre mast belonging to the world's oldest naval ship still in commission has been lifted for the first time in almost 130 years. HMS Victory's main lower mast, one of the earliest surviving examples of a wrought iron mast in the Royal Navy, was removed on Friday (May 14) as part of a 20-year long conservation project.