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
2007-03-24 11:53:32 · 11 answers · asked by kim 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
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.
2007-03-24 12:48:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
HMS Victory is not a destroyer. HMS Victory is a capital ship of the line, Royal Navy, 18th century. She is dry-docked at the Royal Naval Dockyard Portsmouth. HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, is a fully crewed and comissioned ship of the Royal Navy.
2007-03-25 14:42:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
HMS Victory is Admiral Nelson's flagship which served 200 years ago in the Battle of Trafalgar.
It wasn't a ship in World War 2. Are you sure it's Victory?
2007-03-24 18:57:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A little delayed from your query but see below
My father in law Owen Parsons (rip 1982) served on HMS Victory from May till July 1940
Tony Seabrook
2014-01-13 15:59:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HMS Victory wasn't a destroyer in WWII, she was -- and is -- a Ship-of-the-line, was Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, and is the oldest commissioned ship in existence. She sits in dry dock in Portsmouth dockyard, and operates as a museum.
In WWII, I believe (though I may be wrong) she served as accommodation for the signalmen in Portsmouth. If you contact Victory in Pompey dockyard with Reg Reygate's details I'm sure they could tell you what he did on there. They may even ask for copies of his records, for the museum.
Hope this gives you something to go on.
2007-03-24 19:10:57 · answer #5 · answered by Already Saved 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you mean HMS Victory that is docked in Portsmouth Harbour, ask away. I've lived in Portsmouth for 38 years and my dad was in the navy so I'm pretty cluded up about the war ships.
2007-03-24 18:59:46 · answer #6 · answered by nekolacnene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you will mean HMS Victorious, an aircraft carrier that served in WWII. HMS Victory remains in Portsmouth as a reminder of our former naval strength. You can check out many sites on the internet if you type in the correct name.
2007-03-24 19:14:15 · answer #7 · answered by michael w 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It can't be HMS Victory, at least not from the UK, as that is Nelsons flag ship which is still commissioned, so you can't have another one at the same time.
2007-03-24 19:02:26 · answer #8 · answered by Max 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try The National Archives... They would have loads of info, also there is the National War musuem. Give that a try aswell.. you should be able to find contact info on the net. Good luck.
2007-03-24 19:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by tinker33 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry to hear about the passing of one of of the family. If you go on google and type in the name it will come up with all the info you need. I have just looked and the best site seems to be on google. but just type in navalhistory.net and it comes up with lots of places to go.
2007-03-24 19:12:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋