3D Guide to Britain's Most Famous Warship (2/2) 

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 cannot tell you how many years I’ve wanted a series on RU-vid exactly like this, absolutely amazing job!

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!

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. :)

4:51 It's great that we know the names of all of Victory's crew. None of them have been forgotten.

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!

Basically the only videos I watch that I wish were longer.

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.

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

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.

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.

Absolutely insane I was literally on HMS Victory when this video was uploaded! I stood in the spot where Nelson fell, goosebumps guys

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

27:00 the good old days "The British navy, well manned, well resourced, and backed by a powerful economy"

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.

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.

I was waiting for a series like that on RU-vid exactly, the first and second episode was absolutely amazing!

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!

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.

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.

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.

The quality of this video kept me watching the screen and listen carefully the entire video. Top tier excellence in video documentary.

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.

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!

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.

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 !

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

JUST got this rollin'........ whoever's behind that 3D work deserves serious awards. I might tune some camera motion a bit but otherwise, it's as good as it can get. I've been aboard only one of that type of ship..... a tall ship of the Mexican Navy; my maternal grandparents/great-grandparents came from Sicily aboard the USS Constellation, I need to get up to Baltimore's Inner Harbor for a tour of her. The modeling of the HMS Victory here is a spectacular achievement. The SAILS segment alone is incredible...... I've lived in Annapolis 6 decades---one of the two sailing capitals of the Western hemisphere (I consider Newport the sister in that class)---but know far more about powered craft than sailboats, despite significant time repairing decks and wiring masts. GREAT job, gurus :)

'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

Master and Commander is gonna make A LOT more sense now!!!

Love Admiral Nelson and HMS victory. .

Still the flagship of the first sea lord to this day, shows the significants of a stunning warship.

Still waiting for master and commander 2, but this will do. Thank you

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.

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.

I didn’t want it to end. Is there going to be more parts? Boy I hope so. You guys do just amazing work

The first part was amazing! I watched it several times. I can't wait to see this one.

Absolutely incredible, especially the explanation of the preparations for combat and the functioning of the guns. The most professional History channel on RU-vid. 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.

i work as a marine engineer and it amaze me this vídeo. i am learning so many new things from you.. hurra!!!

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.

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.

It would be cool to see a series detailing napoleonic regiments or units, similar to the Napoleons marshals series. Good content otherwise! 👌

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 :)

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.

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.

Amazing that such a documentary could be made today. More of this please!

The professionalism of the Epic History TV crew is an inspiration. The quality of your work is nothing less than astounding. I cannot tell you how much this program is appreciated, respected, and impactful. Thank you so much for your time and effort in researching and producing such a respectable video.

It's so nice to see content that doesn't have an American accent thank you I really enjoyed this .

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!

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.

These two part series have been the BEST of Epic History TV. So well narrated and fluid, rich with information and details about the age of square-riggers fighting ship(s), and in this case, the legendary HMS Victory. These two episodes are awesome!!!

What a great episode! The film Master and Commander always brings me here. And this always takes me back to Master and Commander.

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.

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)

"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)

One of the best, and most realistic movies I've ever seen about naval life during the Napoleonic War is Master And Commander (based on the series of novels), it's an underappreciated masterpiece that should have gotten the sequel it so deserved. Russell Crowe has never been better except perhaps in Gladiator. My father (sleep in peace Pop) spent most of his life at sea on merchant vessels so I have a soft spot for the subject. Wonderful series, thank you so much.

Wow. As an Englishman, a carpenter, an engineer and a 5 times visitor to the Victory in Portsmouth, I found both these videos amazing. I will watch them several time more you know ;) Thanks.

Another astoundingly detailed video. Awesome work, it was a pleasure to watch!

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.

This is really incredible, i found out so much about naval warfare, especially the splinter nets, sand and boat towing

THANK YOU! I have learned more then I ever would in school on this channel.

Amazing job geezers, super immersive series. The detail is second to none

Incredible job on this HMS Victory series, one of the most engaging and best produced video series I've seen anywhere for a long time, nevermind youtube. Subscribed and looking forward to more!

If there is a more informative, detailed, clear, and engaging set of videos on the subject, I don't know where it is. Brilliant work.

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 👍

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…

Pls!!! Battle of Trafalgar!!!!!!!!!! Greetings from Argentina, I greatly admire the team that makes up Epic History TV, greetings to all.

Right now I’m binge re-reading (for about the 4th time) the Aubrey/Maturin series which is set in just this era. Most of the terms can be found on the interwebz but this is so much better than just a definition and a some illustrations. Thank you so much. Fair winds and following seas!

Absolutely exceptional series. Long long over due, so many thanks and very well done.

The Royal Navy and the Grande Armée, the Shark and the Elephant.

I'm one of those people who doesn't want to finish a steak because it's just too bloody good. Well, I also don't want to finish this video. It's insanely good. Thank you so much.

What a wonderful couple of videos, as a youngster living in Portsmouth I would visit HMS Victory regularly, it was free back in those days and I've spent many happy hours clambering all over that great warship, now in my late 50's I'm eagerly awaiting the completion of her refit and I will visit the old girl again. I highly recommend anyone visiting Portsmouth to pay a visit to our naval history and dockyard and home of the Royal Navy. Once again splendid video thankyou for the trip down memory lane.

No doubt, my favorite RU-vid channel ever

Take your time Epic History! It takes time to make these kind of top-quality videos! We love them

What a fantastic documentary. Thank you so much, this elucidates a lot of things about the age of sail which I had always wanted to know about.

Every subject you guys touch turns to gold. Fantastic series!

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...

As all ways brilliant work EPHTV!!

Hey, just wanted to say thanks. I am currently writing a book set in the latter portion of the Napoleonic wars and rewatching your old vids on that war has really helped with not only some of the details to include such as notable battles that I didn't know about before but also the general geography of mainland Europe at that time. So thank you again :) and keep up the great vids.

An absolutely stellar series thus far

Another great video; thank you

been waiting for this .... if its anything like the first instalment I am in for a treat , when done everyone involved

18:48 it was the act of skipping roundshot that gave Barnes Wallis the idea of creating the Bouncing Bomb for Operation Chastise

Fantastic double episode featuring Victory. Absolutely loved this.

We can meme the Brits all we want, but damn they make some fine ships

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.

I've walked upon its deck and below, it's breath taking.

I’m currently rereading the Aubrey/Maturin series and this is so great for being able to visualize what is happening on the page! Huge thanks!

SICK VIDEO ive actually been on hms victory very acurate 👍

A superior production, as always. Charles Nove as narrator brings it unto perfection.

I read all books of Joseph Conrad and Cecil Scott Forester.. I was a private pilot and after a half century of reading of Air War, I started to read about Naval War, ( even by listening many more times: "A Salty Dog" ( Procol Harum )) So thank you very very much and greetings from North Italy

I just wanted to look for a few minutes into your video and, to be honest, I just couldn't stop it. The video art is tremendous and much more the commentary is instructive, truthfully and as such evident !

A brilliant documentary once again! I can't wait for the next part! If anyone wants to get a feel for how life on a Napoleonic warship was, I can only recommend the movie Master & Commander - The Far Side of the World. It's a fictional story, and doesn't play on a ship of the line but instead on a frigate, but it's probably the best rendition of life on a ship in these times I have ever seen.

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.

Visiting the HMS Victory was one of the highlights of my trip to England. Fantastic series, thank you!

Many thanks. I thought I knew a lot about Victory, and naval warfare in general, but I know a great deal more now. Brilliant.

Great video as always!!

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.

Really enjoyed the two videos about HMS Victory. Very enlightening. Cheers.

Spectacular 2 part series with such good quality 3d animations, pictures, sections, cutaways and so many details. Thank you very much for your hard work :D