HMS Victory Photos

[Don Case]

These pictures are great and they raise a couple of questions. In this one there is a large rope wrapped 5 times around the bitts and then about 50 ft.(wild guess) of it is coiled on the deck. This would take forever to unwrap and rewrap. Why would they do this? Maybe ropes that are seldom used?

 

[Don Case]

In this one there are cradle pieces (the whale tail looking things) attached to the thwarts. Does anyone know how they were attached? They would have to be removable. I've been trying to figure out how to do this on the Discovery.

 

[pugwash]

In this one there are cradle pieces (the whale tail looking things) attached to the thwarts. Does anyone know how they were attached? They would have to be removable. I've been trying to figure out how to do this on the Discovery.


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I very much doubt a boat would be sitting on such cradles in real life, at sea,
The thwarts would have been removed and the upper boat would be 'nested' down within the lower boat.

As for the ropes; as preserved, few of 'Victory's' cordage would be seeing much use.
No doubt those ropes are conveniently placed there, waiting to be put to proper use.

 

[Alexander74]

Thank you for photos. A lot of useful information, especially regarding rigging

 

[Uwek]

In the 80s I was in England for a training program. My firm arranged for me to spend a weekend on the Victory taking photographs although photos were not allowed at the time. I have about 300 photos from the keel to many photos of the rest of the ship, all B&W. I'll post a sample and if there is interest I can post more of them. Part of the ship was being rebuilt at the time so the bow was covered by tarps but I have some photos of details of the rebuild. I was told by one of the workers they could not get good oak in 6" thickness so they were using three, 2" thick planks glued together to cover the hull. Any interest in more?
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Hallo @Jupiter913
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[Dillan2515]

In the 80s I was in England for a training program. My firm arranged for me to spend a weekend on the Victory taking photographs although photos were not allowed at the time. I have about 300 photos from the keel to many photos of the rest of the ship, all B&W. I'll post a sample and if there is interest I can post more of them. Part of the ship was being rebuilt at the time so the bow was covered by tarps but I have some photos of details of the rebuild. I was told by one of the workers they could not get good oak in 6" thickness so they were using three, 2" thick planks glued together to cover the hull. Any interest in more?
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Great photos!