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How do I find out about the history about a distroyer from world war 2 with the name of HMS Victory?
My family is going through a box of momentoes and photos of family of the past due to a dealth in the family and we came across some discharge papers for Reg Reygate who served aboard HMS Victory in the second world war it would be nice to hear about HMS Victory or any one who family has a relative who served aboard this distroyer
According to my 'Companion to the Royal Navy' book no ship called HMS Victory existed during WW2.
There have been 5 HMS Victory's as follows:
1588 - The Armada battle honour was awarded to Victory. She was probably scrapped in 1608.
1620 - Vessel. Scapped in 1690.
1691 - 1st rate, ex-Royal James. Renamed Royal George in 1714, but reverted to Victory the following year. Scrapped in 1721.
1737 - 1st rate which was wrecked in 1744
1765 - 1st rate of 2,162 tons. In 1798 she was unseaworthy and became a prison hulk at Chatham. She was refitted, and in 1803 went to sea again as Nelson's flagship. From 1812 to 1922 she was moored in Portsmouth Harbour as a training ship. She then became preserved as a national monument. She was bomb damaged in WW2, but is still preserved in Portsmouth. She is flagship of the C-in-C Naval Home Command.
You may mean HMS Victorious which during WW2 was as follows:
1939 - Aircraft carrier of 23,000 tons built by Vickers Armstrong. Distinguished WW2 record.
Rebuilt at Portsmouth Dockyard 1950-8 with increased displacement of 35,500 tons. Scrapped at Faslane in 1969.
Her WW2 record reads as follows:
1941 - Bismarck Action
1941-2 Norway
1941-2 Arctic
1942 - Malta Convoys
1942 - North Africa
1942 - Biscay
1944 - Sabang
1945 - Palembang
1945 - Okinawa
1945 - Japan
I hope this information helps you in your quest to discover more about the history of your family.