Victory Dock Chatham Dockyard

"The Victory Dock
Named to commemorate the bicentenary of the
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
and the construction of HMS Victory on this site
23 July 1759- 7 May 1765.
Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE ADC MA
Second Sea Lord and
Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command"

"This stone
marks the site of
the Old Single Dock
constructed in 1623
and replaced in 1853
by the present
No 2 Dock"

"On this site
in the Old Single Dock
H.M.S. Victory
was laid down on 23rd August 1759 and
launched on 7th May 1765. She was
almost entirely rebuilt in Chatham
Yard during the years 1800 to 1803 and
on 30th July 1805 she hoisted the flag of
Lord Nelson
who, on 21st October 1805 received his
mortal wound at
The Battle of Trafalgar.
His body was brought to England
on board
H.M.S. Victory
and transferred to the Commissioners
Yacht Chatham at Sheerness on
22nd December 1805. It was thence
conveyed to Greenwich where it lay
in state until it was removed for
internment in
St Paul's Cathedral"

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward