The Mary Rose - built by Henry VIII around 1511, lost in 1545 and raised in 1982 is on display in a purpose built maritime museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, England. This web site tells her story. ...

There are year/s, month/s, and day/s until the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st Oct 2005 HMS VICTORY is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, and is still manned by Officers and Ratings of the Royal Navy. She is now the flagship of the Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief Naval Home Command and lies in No 2 Dry Dock at Portsmouth Naval Base, Portsmouth. England.

The Portsmouth Society ...

Victory Ltd was established to sell all of the original oak and copper removed from HMS Victory during the process of her refurbishment ...

The memory of England's greatest sea battle after Drake's defeat of the Spanish Armada is kept fresh in all our minds by the continued existence of HMS Victory, which is preserved in a dry dock at Portsmouth. Launched in 1765, she was already an old ship by the time of Trafalgar, which makes her survival to this day even more remarkable. Walking her immaculate gun decks, shown in the picture ...