The world's oldest commissioned warship, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. Launched in 1765, the Victory was already forty years old at Trafalgar; the ship is preserved in dry dock at the Historic Dockyard as it would have appeared on that day.
You walk through the gun decks, climb to the captain's cabin, and stand on the spot in the cockpit where Nelson was carried to die after being shot by a French sharpshooter. The size of the lower deck — six feet between beams — gives a vivid sense of how the men lived. The whole ship is currently undergoing a long restoration project; some areas may be limited at the time of your visit.