Flotsam from the wreck was also found on several of the other Channel Islands. CAMPERDOWN collided with VICTORIA and the latter sank in about 10 minutes. The majestic vessel was constructed by master shipbuilder Joseph Allin and had three decks, three ornate galleries and was fitted with up to 110 bronze cannons. Suddenly, time stopped.”He added: “Victoria’s propellers were there, frozen in time. Crewmen and sailors jump over the side as the ship starts to sink, it sank very quickly (The front guns and turrets weighed a massive 110 tons; she was that weight that took her down as fast as she did) in an instant the Mediterranean fleet had lost its admiral and her flagship.The subsequent court martial placed the blame on Tryon. HMS VICTORIA WRECK facts: height 68 m. / width 21 m. / weight 10.400 tons / now vertical. The British Mediterranean Fleet battlewagons collided. 1 talking about this. All hatches and means of ventilation were open to cool the ship. I kept hovering above the props for a minute or two. The impressive force they concentrated there to protect these sealanes made the British Mediterranean Fleet one of the most powerful in the world. Shortly after entering the English Channel, a severe storm separated Victory from the rest of the fleet and she was lost with all hands on 5 October. The other ships had more time to take evasive action, and avoided colliding with each other.

She might not have foundered at all, but this would have depended on whether various bulkhead doors had been closed or not, which was unclear. The unusual attitu…

Winsloe complained afterwards that he had not been permitted to properly make his case, and that there was more than enough evidence to convict Markham and others of his crew of negligence. "It was a time when the Royal Navy's power was absolutely central to British power, the growth of its maritime empire, and its prosperity," says Matthew Sheldon, executive director of heritage at the National Museum of the Royal Navy. There were no significant longitudinal bulkheads in the affected areas, which might have had the effect of keeping water out of the port side and thereby accentuating the heel, but the water naturally flooded the holed side first causing the imbalance. "It would be hard to overstate how important they [both ships] are, I think. It could not possibly have been the wreck itself. I was keeping in mind that we were swimming in dangerous waters, possibly infested with fishing lines, hooks and nets. He ordered that his ships form two columns, one led by him and the other Because of the ships’ turning circles, this meant that a collision was inevitable. This is when my hand reached to the regulator I was breathing from and took it out for my lips to touch the wreck. Mark and Paul looked both fine; nobody really had eyes for anything else but the wreck. It has variously been suggested that he might have been ill or indisposed in some way, supported by his curt comments to officers who queried him at the time, and his apparent inattention to the results when the manoeuvre commenced. Hawkins-Smith confirmed to the court that no one believed After two more witnesses, Markham was invited to answer questions as a witness, although his status as a potential future defendant meant the court allowed him later to suggest questions to be put to other witnesses. James Collot photo via Wikimedia. Already men had been washed away by incoming water or had been trapped behind closed doors. Apr 14, 2012 - HMS Victoria, interesting vertical shipwreck. In late September 1744, HMS Victory and her fleet were returning from a successful mission against the French in Lisbon and Gibraltar. Two possible explanations have been proposed. We could spend just 5 more minutes at 77m before the original decompression plan was compromised.”Christian Francis also brought to our attention the fact that 6 bodies were recovered from the sea after the sinking and were buried in a special cemetery in Tripoli (see photo). Stung by this public rebuke from his commander, Markham immediately ordered his column to start turning.However, the columns continued to turn towards each other and only moments before the collision did the captains of the two ships appreciate that this was not going to happen. Creating a virtual shrine to HMS VICTORIA, Christian visited repetitively the National Maritime Museum in London, British newspaper and historic archives, gleaning information about the sinking that might one day lead to the ship’s discovery.At Court-Martial, Flag-Lieutenant Guilford mentioned some important information during his talk “The Admiral remained on deck. He has been looking for HMS VICTORIA for even longer after hearing fishermen’ s stories and visiting Tripoli (VICTORIA) Naval Cemetery, dedicated by the Admiralty to the sailors who perished on the 22nd of June, 1893. The divers had enough and decided to go for the highest echo, “the trawl net”. HMS Victoria, one of the flagships of the Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet, has been discovered off the coast of Lebanon, 111 years after being rammed by another British warship during maneuvers, and sinking with the loss of 358 lives. This is a claim the foundation rejects, pointing out that selling artefacts to fund the project would be illegal.Encountering human remains is "a daily part of archaeology", the foundation says, and can be dealt with sensitively. I hope that some maker of model kits, perhaps TRUMPETER, would produce a 1/350, or even a 1/700 scale kit of this beautiful, unusual, tragic warship!

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