HMS Victory is the last surviving British warship from the 18th century and is the longest-serving ship commissioned in the Royal Navy. It was built as a first rate ship of the line, meaning it, and other first rates carried the heaviest armament of naval ships at sea. Built in Chatham Dockyard between 1759-65, HMS Victory led at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and underwent a large repair in 1814-16 in No. 3 Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. HMS Victory
remained in use from Portsmouth Harbour until 1922 when, no longer sea-worthy, it was given a permanent dry mooring in No. 2 Dock. HMS Victory has remained in No. 2 Dock ever since and is still a commissioned vessel as the Flagship of the First Sea Lord of the Navy.
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No. 2 Dock forms part of the Portsmouth Dockyard Scheduled Monument. The dock is also part of the group of Docks 1 to 6 (consecutive), Grade I Listed.
Worlledge Associates were commissioned to review the the existing Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for HMS Victory to advise on necessary updates, additional content, and improvements to the CMP. It was important to identify any new challenges and to test the resilience of the CMP to manage risk factors. Worlledge Associates worked with the conservators, curators and the management teams to develop a guiding framework for decision-making in the conservation and interpretation of HMS Victory.
