Commanding Officers who have served on HMS Victory during the period 1778 to 1900
| Commanding Officer | From | To |
| Captain John Lindsay | 9th Mar 1778 | 15th May 1778 |
| Captain Jonathan Faulkner | 16th May 1778 | 27th Mar 1779 |
| Captain Henry Collins | 28th Mar 1779 | 12th May 1780 |
| Captain Samuel Clayton | 13th May 1780 | 16th Apr 1781 |
| Captain John Howarth | 17th Apr 1781 | 22nd Nov 1781 |
| Captain Henry Cromwell | 23rd Nov 1781 | 8th Apr 1782 |
| Captain John Bourmaster | 9th Apr 1782 | 18th Apr 1782 |
| Captain Henry Duncan | 19th Apr 1782 | 5th Dec 1782 |
| Captain Roger Curtis | 6th Dec 1782 | 8th Dec 1782 |
| Captain Thomas Byard | 9th Dec 1782 | 17th Febr 1783* |
| Captain Charles Hope | 1st Oct 1787 | 5th Dec 1787 |
| Captain John Knight | 13th May 1790 | 2nd Sep 1791 |
| Captain John Knight | 29th Dec 1792 | 3rd Dec 1795 |
| Captain George Grey | 4th Dec 1795 | 30th Mar 1797 |
| Captain Thomas Sotheby | 1st Apr 1797 | 20th Jun 1797 |
| Captain William Cuming | 21st Jun 1797 | 26th Nov 1797 |
| Captain Samuel Sutton | 9th Apr 1803 | 30th Jul 1803 |
| Captain Thomas M Hardy | 31st Jul 1803 | 13th Jan 1806* |
| Captain John Searle | 28th Jan 1808 | 22nd Mar 1808 |
| Captain Philip Dumaresq | 23rd Mar 1808 | 18th Dec 1808 |
| Captain John Searle | 20th Nov 1808 | 3rd Febr 1809 |
| Captain Philip Dumaresq | 20th Mar 1809 | 18th Dec 1812 |
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| Captain Charles Inglis | 31st Jan 1824 | 30th Apr 1827 |
| Captain George Elliot | 1st May 1827 | 24th Jan 1832 |
| Captain Hyde Parker | 25th Jan 1832 | 31st Dec 1832 |
| Captain Edward Williams | 1st Jan 1833 | 20 Jul 1835 |
| Captain Thomas Searle | 1st Aug 1836 | 10th Sep 1839 |
| Captain Francis Loch | 19th Sep 1839 | 2nd Sep 1841 |
| Captain William Henderson | 2nd Sep 1841 | 23rd Sep 1844 |
| Captain George Moubray | 23rd Sep 1844 | 1st Apr 1846 |
| Captain John Pasco ** | 1st Apr 1846 | 17th Dec 1847 |
| Captain Charles Eden | 17th Dec 1847 | 13th Nov 1848 |
| Captain Francis Blackwood | 13th Nov 1848 | 20th Dec 1851 |
| Captain George Martin | 20th Mar 1852 | 19th Dec 1852 |
| Captain John Shepherd | 20th Mar 1853 | 19th Sep 1853 |
| Captain T. Maitland | 20th Dec 1853 | 19th Mar 1854 |
| Captain John Hay | 20th Mar 1854 | 19th Mar 1855 |
| Captain George Gordon | 20th Mar 1855 | 19th Mar 1856 |
| Captain James Drummond | 20th Mar 1856 | 19th Mar 1857 |
| Captain George Seymour | 20th Mar 1857 | 19th Mar 1859 |
| Captain Arthur Farquhar | 20th Mar 1859 | 19th Mar 1860 |
| Captain Robert Coote | 20th Mar 1860 | 19th Dec 1864 |
| Captain Francis Scott | 20th Dec 1864 | 19th Mar 1866 |
| Captain Francis Egerton | 20th Mar 1866 | 19th Sep 1867 |
| Captain Frederick Seymour | 20th Sep 1867 | 19th Dec 1868 |
| Captain George Bowyear | 20th Dec 1868 | 20th Mar 1869 |
| Tender to Duke of Wellington | 20th Dec 1869 | 1st Sep 1891 |
| Captain Robert Woodward | 1st Sep 1891 | 19th Sep 1891 |
| Captain Henry Palliser | 20th Sep 1891 | 19th Mar 1892 |
| Captain Henry Kane | 20th Mar 1892 | 19th Apr 1894 |
| Captain Wollaston Kerslake | 20th Apr 1894 | 17th May 1897 |
| Captain William May | 18th May 1897 | 1st Sep 1897 |
| Captain Francis Bridgeman | 2nd Sep 1897 | 17th Nov 1900 |
