During Victory's active service life many changes were made to her and her armament. On naval ships the ordnance was commonly referred to as the 'Great Guns': this distinguishing them from the Small Arms. 1765:...

Cartridge former: A wooden 'Dolly' around which the cartridge cloth was hand sewn. None of these tools are believed to have survived but there are drawings of them in student's note books of 1840 held...

Gun Locks: Flintlocks had been used on muskets and pistols since the early 1700s, but were not used by the army or navy for large guns during this period. The French navy experimented with gun locks...

The Carronade: The carronades fitted in the Victory fired a 68 lb. (30.6 kg) ball, using a powder charge of 6.5 lbs. (3 kg) from a barrel 5ft 2" (1.6 m) long, weighing 36 cwt. (1.8 tonnes). A gun crew...

  The Grand Magazine was the main gunpowder storage area. It could hold up to 35 tons (35.7 tonnes) of gunpowder. At the Battle of Trafalgar the Victory used 71/2 tons (7.65 tonnes) of gunpowder. The...