----- Original Message -----
From: "Rayfield , Robert S Jr Mr DUSA-IA/Techmatics"
<RayfieldRS@hqda.army.mil>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] HMS VICTORY and the WASA
> The issue is the "oldest commissioned warship."
>
> HMS VICTORY is it, having been ordered as one of three "ships of the
battle
> line" (later "battleship") in 1758 and launched in 1765, being in
continual
> commissioned service since that time except for occasional periods of
> decommissioning for rebuilding and maintenance. Most famous for the
Battle
> of Trafalgar and as Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's flagship in 1805.
> Currently docked at Portsmouth, England.
>
Can't beat that without some reference searching, she is of course the
current Flagship of The Second Sea Lord of The Admiralty who is C in C Naval
Home Command, all the crew wear the cap band "HMS Victory" and she flies the
White Ensign as a commissioned warship.
Richard
Southampton - England
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