----- Original Message -----
From: <EdLortz@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 11:57 PM
Subject: [MV] Oldest ships
> As to the oldest in commission, HMS Victory launched 7 May 1765.
> USS Constitution launched 21 October 1797, also still in commission.
> Not in commission but for comparison, Royal Swedish Navy Vasa built
1627,
> lost on maiden voyage 1628, salvaged 1961.
> Almost more fascinating and a ten minute walk from the Victory in
> Portsmouth is the HMS Warrior, built 1860, the first British warship with
an
> iron hull (also not in commission), predating the USS Monitor and the CSS
> Virginia (ex-USS Merrimac) of 1862.
>
Should anyone be near Portsmouth UK a visit to Victory and Warrior is
essential, Ed is quite right, people with any mechanical fascinations will
be intrigued by Warrior.
Richard
Southampton - England
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