HMS Victory Model - Statistics


H.M.S. Victory - Original
First Rate 104-Gun Ship of the Line, Designed by Sir Thomas Slade

  Keel was laid at Chatham July, 1759  
  Launched May, 1765  
  Commissioned July, 1778  
  Length - Figurehead to Taffrail 226 feet  
  Length of Keel 152 feet  
  Extreme Beam 52 feet  
  Height of Masts (above waterline)    
        -- Fore 182 feet  
        -- Main 205 feet  
        -- Mizzen 162 feet  
  Tonnage 2,162 tons  
  Tonnage Displacement 3,500 tons  
  Original Cost £57,748  
  Complement 850 Officers and Men  

H.M.S. Victory - 1:48 Scale Model
Scratch-Built from the 1922 Restoration Plans

  Keel laid January, 1980  
       
  Completion Dates    
  Hull 1994  
  Standing Rigging (includes the masts and spars) 1997  
  Running Rigging 1998  
       
  Model Size    
  Length 213 cm or 84 inches  
  Height 152 cm or 60 inches  
  Width 79 cm or 31 inches  
       
  Construction Materials Keel laid  
  Hull Mountain Ash Planks on Frames  
  Figurehead

Carved from Huon Pine

 
    Figures - Brass Sheet  
    Letters - Shim Copper  
  Blocks Boxwood, Total 650 (59 various sizes and 13 types)  
  Sheaves Holly and Brass, Total 700 (11 sizes)  
  Masts and Spars Lemonwood  
  Rigging Linen or Polycotton Thread (Cable Laid Rope in 22 Sizes)  
  Bottom Plates Copper (3,700)  
  Nails Copper (37,000)  
  Decks Boxwood Planks (700)  
  Carvings Huon Pine  
  Guns Turned from Brass Rod  
  Gun-Port Lid Hinges Brass Rod and Sheet  
  Anchors Brass Rod and Ash (4)  
  Chains and Plates Brass Rod and Sheet  
  Dead Eyes Turned from 500 Year-Old River Red Gum (216)  
  Hammock Cranes Brass Tube and Rod  
  Hammock Nettings Polyester Thread  
  Glazing Glass Cover Slips (0.15mm)  
  Lanterns (4) Brass Rod and Sheet, Glazing with 0.15mm Glass  
  Timber Joints Dowelled  
  Metal Joints Silver Soldered  
       

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