HMS victory second world war?

Question

im trying to trace some info on my grandfather to better help me trace my family tree. he served on a ship in the second world war named HMS victory acording to this http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070324155332AASw7xA thier was not a hms victory in world war 2.

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Answer 1

the HMS Victory was a Naval Ship of Great Britain



HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765, and most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. She is the oldest naval ship still in commission. She sits in dry dock in Portsmouth, England as a museum ship. So it was not the HMS Victory



it could be the HMS Valiant

HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at the Fairfield shipyards, Govan on 31 January 1913 and launched on 4 November 1914. She was completed in February 1916.



it was involved in the Battle of Cape Matapan, the battle of Crete and fought and took significant damage by Italian Frogmen off the coast of Sicily it was repaired and sent to Japan where it also took damage but suvived



if this is not it do you know what battles he was involved in I could give you a list of ships



King George V sank the Bismark

From 1944 until the surrender of Japan, King George V served with the British Pacific Fleet, and was present off Japan during the official surrender ceremony





King George V was decommissioned into the Reserve Fleet and subsequently scrapped at Dalmuir in 1957.

Answer 2

Hms Victory Ww2

Answer 3

Looks like you've already had the answer so I'm not going to add.



Gerry Atrix and the old Pompey rating.... the Naval barracks in Portsmouth are HMS Nelson, and have been for a bloody long time.



The only HMS Victory in Portsmouth is Nelson's flagship, and since it is still a commissioned warship the Royal Navy would not apply the same name to any unit, seagoing or stone frigate.

Answer 4

The wooden wall HMS Victory is in Portsmouth Dockyard as a museum piece but still a commisioned warship.



The Other Victory is HMS Victory. The Naval Barracks in Portsmouth,



Ratings from ships in refit were housed in the barracks for short periods. Some were actually posted to the barracks as ships company.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

I am ex Royal Navy,I don't recall a ship named HMS Victory during WW2 The only thing I can suggest is that it was the name of the barracks in Portsmouth That was named HMS Victory. I assume that was in connection with the HMS Victory that rests in the dockyard there. It is the tradition of the Royal. Navy to name their shore bases as they do their ships

Answer 7

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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.

Answer 8

HMS Victory is still commissioned in the Royal Navy as as a warship despite being set in concrete in Pompey Harbour. This is Nelson's flagship. Perhaps your grandfather was engaged on some work relating to the ship.

Answer 9

Clarence Herbert Hobbs, possibly a great uncle of mine, maybe a cousin of the great uncles, is buried at Haslar CWGC. His rank was Able Seaman, P/JX 159529. He died on 21/2/43 aged 46. His ship was HMS Victory.

We do not know how he died. We have no information as to whether he served in WW1. His WW2 service is similarly unknown to us. Any information would be valued.

Answer 10

I have my farther inlaw's Cerificate of service in front of me and it states that he was on the HMS VICTORY from the 23rd September 1942 until 19th July 1943, Could anyone give me any information as nobody seams to know much about this ship .