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HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing ship of the line.With 247 years of service as of 2025, she is the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission.She was ordered for the Royal Navy in 1758, during the Seven Years' War and laid down in 1759.
The second-oldest commissioned warship (after the Royal Navy's HMS Victory) in the world and the oldest wooden ship still sailing. 62 m (204 ft) 18 m (60 ft) HMS Windsor Castle (later HMS Cambridge) 1858–1908 broken up A 102-gun first-rate triple-decker of the Royal Navy. Served as a gunnery ship off Plymouth after 1869. 62 m (205 ft) 16.3 m ...
HMS Victory: Ship of the line: HMS Victory is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, and although no longer sails, remains the flagship of the First Sea Lord. United States Coast Guard: USCGC Eagle: Barque: Eagle is one of only two commissioned sailing vessels in the United States armed forces, the other being the U.S. Navy's USS ...
A £35 million conservation project to renovate HMS Victory including replacing rotting planks has been announced on the 100th anniversary of the warship being brought into dry dock.
Current ships include commissioned warships that are in active service, as well as ships that are part of Military Sealift Command, the support component and the Ready Reserve Force, that while non-commissioned, are still part of the effective force of the US Navy. Future ships listed are those that are in the planning stages, or are currently ...
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The total displacement of the Royal Navy's commissioned and active ships is approximately 393,000 tonnes. The Royal Navy also includes a number of smaller non-commissioned assets. The naval training vessels Brecon and Hindostan can be found based at the Royal Navy stone frigates HMS Raleigh and the Britannia Royal Naval College, respectively
A late 16th-century portrait of the Spanish Armada battling Royal Navy warships HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, is still a commissioned Royal Navy ship, although she is now permanently kept in dry-dock.