HMS Victorious (1785)

HMS Victorious (1785)

HMS "Victorious" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall, London on 27 April 1785. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

"Victorious" participated in the capture of the Dutch colony of Cape Town, in which an invasion had been caused due to fears of France's expansion across the world. Britain seized the strategic Cape Town and thus secured the nation its routes to the East. The rest of her career was spent in the warm climates of the East Indies, patrolling the vast waters in that region.Fact|date=September 2008

In 1803, while in Gibraltar, "Victorious" was condemned and then broken up at Lisbon.Fact|date=September 2008

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References


*Lavery, Brian (2003) "The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850." Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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