Welcome to the official website for Nelson’s flagship - HMS Victory. Best known for her role in the Battle of Trafalgar, the Victory currently has a dual role as the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command and as a living museum to the Georgian navy.
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The Historic Dockyard opens at 10am everyday throughout the year, except when closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. From April to October the last tickets to the attractions are sold at 4.30pm and the Dockyard gates are closed at 6.00pm. From November to March the last tickets to the attractions are sold at 4.00pm and the Dockyard gates are closed at 5.30pm. Our Visiting pages will give you more details about Victory’s opening hours.
So, step aboard and explore the wooden world of the Georgian Navy…
Recent Events - VICTORY launches National Museum of the Royal Navy with an impressive broadside. Click Here.
Recent Events - The Commanding Officer of HMS Victory demonstrates he has a head for heights, climbing 205 feet up the mast and straight into the history books. Click Here.
Recent Events - HMS VICTORY Highly Commended at MOD Sanctuary Awards ceremony in London. Click Here.
Victory Marks Trafalgar Day
The Royal Navy's most important anniversary was marked by a ceremony onboard HMS Victory on Wednesday 21 October at 8am. The ceremony was attended, for the first time, by Professor Nancy Pollard Brown, a direct descendant of John Pollard who was stationed on the Poop Deck during the battle. Pollard claims to have shot the French sharpshooter who was Nelson's assassin. This year is the 204th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar which took place on 21 October 1805. Admiral Nelson's triumph is seen as one of the most decisive naval battles under sail in British history. The anniversary also marks the death of the Royal Navy's most revered leader who was fatally wounded during the action which decisively defeated a Franco-Spanish fleet.
