Heard an old story (maybe true or not). A group of French tourists overheard asking an on-board guide if the cannon balls were original was told, no you got those. 😃
That was really good , iv been on board 4 or 5 times over the years and you can literally smell the history on board, a criminally underrated video in my opinion
I would like to add (having criticised your video) that I very much enjoyed watching you and it is the best walk around HMS Victory I have seen on RU-vid. Thanks very much.
Thank you, I really appreciate it! Knowing what I know now, almost a year after I walked through HMS Victory, I wish I could go back and take all my footage with better low-light settings on my camera. I'm not too fond of the graininess and shaking of the footage, but we do what we can with what we've got. Thanks again!
It's HMS Victory. There is no'The' in the title or in front of any RN ships. 😮, Portsmouth Dockyard wandered through there many a time whilst onboard Pompey based ships during my 22 years in the Senior Service. The Royal Navy, Trafalgar Day, celebrated every year with a service onboard and Trafalgar Night for the officers or Pickle night for the damned ratings. The 500 plus year history of the Royal Navy is woven deep into the Service.
Are you sure he said "Kiss me Hardy"? and not Kismet Hardy. Having been aboard the Victory and seen the size of the 32 pounders on the deck above where Nelson laid, you will be able to imagine the noise of many of these cannons being fired. I studied history whilst serving in the Royal Navy and was asked the question "what was Nelson thinking by dressing up in his full regalia for the battle as this would make him a highlighted target." my answer was "how am I supposed to know that" I was told by my teachers (who were Royal Navy history experts) the following facts. He was very religious (his father was a parish priest) He had committed the sin of adultery having a child with Emma Lady Hamilton in 1801. This was much more serious in those times than today. If Nelson had offended God, today is his chance to strike him dead. KISMET HARDY (FATE HARDY) but there was so much noise he could have said "Kiss me Hardy"
I honestly have no idea what he said, I only included that because there are a few sources online that I found when I was doing my research that stated he possibly said that. I found it endearing enough that I decided to include it in the video. If only I we could go back in time and see the battle and witness what was truly said, that would be amazing! "Kismet Hardy" is a pretty good contender though. If he did in fact say that, it would have been pretty badass. Thanks for the wonderful comment!
Wrong time of year, but you missed Porchester castle across the harbour. A roman shore fort, with a Norman keep in one corner, and an 11th century Norman church diagonally opposite, within the Roman walls. If you like military history, lighthouses, and castles, next time in England a day trip to Dover castle is worth it, Roman lighthouse, 11th century keep, napoleonic, 1st and 2nd WW gun emplacements, and a shed load of tunnels, with assorted functions over the millennia.
I'll have to keep those locations in mind for next time. I never know when "next time" will be, but I've got an ever-expanding list of things I want to see that I'll try to get around to at some point in life. Thanks for the recommendations!
Excellent video. Excellent presentation. It would be fascinating to know what and how the ship is being restored ; and how long it will it take. Cheers. I agree that it is an underrated video, as one of the comments says.
There was an entire video in the Victory museum detailing how they were going about restoring the ship, and with what methods, but I don't remember everything it mentioned. As for how long it will take,.. 15 years from when they started, supposedly. So another 13 years or so. Thank you for the wonderful comment! I truly appreciate it!
Absolutely! I'm currently sitting on a backlog of about 9-10 more videos from our 2023 travels, and we're currently traveling with about 6-10 videos worth of stuff right now in 2024. I should be able to get into a decent rhythm in the coming days 🤣
@@Empalagation it’s on my bucket list of things to see, that and the Mary Rose. I’ve got no excuse, I live in England. I even have an ancestor that’s listed in the Victory crew, I’m not going to say his name because apparently he was flogged for stealing.
@@giovanni6636 Hahaha, I'm sure every individual of the entire crew received some form of reprimand at some point, I'd imagine it's not easy to stay perfectly disciplined while you're out to sea for months on end. Whenever you manage to make it to the historic dockyard, keep in mind that the Mary Rose museum has a scheduled full-story visual experience explaining everything that happened in the main enclosure where the ship itself is. I managed to catch it and when it finished I wanted to record it, so I asked a security person when it would be played again, and they told me the next day 😭. From what I understood it's only ONCE per day, at 16:30, although I'm guessing times are subject to change every now and then. Something to keep in mind, at any rate. It was well worth it, even though I didn't mange to get any footage.
I listened to the first four minutes of your presentation, which on the whole was reasonable. However, may I point out to you that when referring to ships of the Royal Navy you do NOT put the prefix 'The' in front of their name. Therefore it is H.M.S. Victory NOT the H.M.S. Victory. To me it grinds like a molar being extracted, please do not do it.
I went on The Victory as a boy. Still remember it 40 years later. You must check out this excellent 3-episode podcast series on Nelson and the lead up to the Battle of Trafalgar by the historians behind 'The Rest is History' podcast. Sheer brilliance. pca.st/episode/626575c1-6aa5-42fc-87a3-30966a6c3823
