How did Victory help crush Napoleon's invasion dream?

"HMS Victory was constructed from 1759 at Chatham Dockyards in Kent to a design by Sir Thomas Slade. Built of solid oak and elm, the ship required the sacrifice of an incredible 2,500 mature trees. Completed in May 1765, the three-masted ship was over 227 ft (69 m) long and displaced 3,500 long tons. It was the largest ship yet built for the navy, and she was fast."

"Victory was far from being a positive name for most of the sailors first assigned to her. This was because the last naval ship named Victory had sunk in 1744, with all hands drowned. This new Victory, actually the seventh British naval ship to carry that name, had a long wait to see active duty: 13 years, in fact. The first-rate warship carried a crew of over 800 and positively bristled with more than 100 guns set along three cramped decks."

HMS Victory was constructed from 1759 at Chatham Dockyards in Kent to a design by Sir Thomas Slade. Built of solid oak and elm, the ship required the sacrifice of an incredible 2,500 mature trees and was completed in May 1765. The three-masted first-rate measured over 227 ft and displaced 3,500 long tons, carrying over 800 crew and more than 100 guns on three decks. Victory served as a major British weapon in the 1770s during the American Revolutionary War and later became flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Hood. Her condition later deteriorated and she served as a hospital ship in 1797.

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