Visiting HMS Victory
Guided Tours and Free Flow
HMS Victory is currently running guided tours 7 days a week (guided tours must be booked on your arrival at the Visitor Centre when you buy your tickets)
HMS Victory is on free flow during the weekend of the Victorian Festival of Christmas (25th - 27th November).
Guided Tours and Free Flow for 2012
HMS Victory will be operating on a free-flow system on the following dates next year, otherwise assume visiting is by guided tour.
- 11th February 2012 until 19th February 2012
- All weekends between 25th February 2012 until 25th March 2012 (Guided Tours Monday - Friday)
- 31st March 2012 until 4th November 2012
If you have any questions please telephone our Visitor Centre on 02392 728 060.
Visitor Information
HMS Victory is currently undergoing a period of restoration and visitors have the unique opportunity to witness the process taking place on the oldest commissioned warship in the world and a proud memorial to Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, Britain's greatest Naval hero and his stunning victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Her topmasts and rigging have been struck, or taken down, and her planking is under investigation. This is nothing unusual as wooden ships like Victory needed constant care and attention from the day they were launched. These repairs are simply the latest in a long tradition of regular upkeep.
The last time HMS Victory was seen without her top masts was back in 1944, so this really is a once in a life time opportunity to see HMS Victory under-going such extreme maintenance. Interestingly, with her topmasts down, Victory will look much as she did after the Battle of Trafalgar when she had to be towed to Gibraltar for repairs.”
To find out more about the background to the restoration visit our news page
We will update this section regularly, so you are aware if there are any areas affected by work. Access to the sick berth is not available until mid November.
A brand new exhibition on site, Bones of Iron and Oak - Beneath Victory's Skin tells how the great sailing warship of the 18th century was built and maintained at battle readiness.
HMS Victory Deck Plan
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