HMS Victory Manual 1765-1812: An Insight Into Owning, Operating and Maintaining the Royal Navy's Oldest and Most Famous

by Peter Goodwin

Using the tried and tested formula HMS Victory, now available in the Haynes manual format, is probably the most famous surviving historic warship in the world today. She was flagship to Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, when he was killed on her quarter deck by a sniper's bullet in Britain's hour of victory. Maritime historian and former HMS Victory Keeper and Curator Peter Goodwin tells the story of Nelson's flagship, giving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857330853
• ISBN13: 9780857330857
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 11.0"