Since the start of this project I was extensively searching for traces of this version of the Victory and I found 3 to 4 dozen good photographs and drawings that slowly give an impression of the state of the outer hull. Mostly from postcards - I already managed to get hand on some interesting copies - but also through some original photographs. One of those someone managed to snap away just from under my nose on ebay - should have hear me cursing! If it was one of the readers of this lines here then I would swap all those curses with all my heart into "best friend mode" to get a scan of the picture
More difficult to define are the head and the deckw especially the forecastle. The small houses seem to have been added and changed by time, not making things easier.
On the first picture the small hut was not build yet. Only a big skylight is established.
Here the hut appears still smaller than in later times, the big chimney is missing, but the small one is there as the are the boxes (?) and the small companion way. Good for orientation is the start of the hammock boxes and the last fore shroud.
Nice to see the round bow and the hammocks running around the forecastle. This picture is a good reference as it is quite good to fix the date and the final version of the changes. It appears that behind the hut still can be seen some parts of the skylight of the first picture? Also could it be that the small companion way is overbuild by the hut? The small chimney looks to be still in place.
The small hut on the poop - what was the purpose? And nice to see the coat of armes and the octagonal skylight.
Closeup of the skylight, fits well the photography.
View towards the bows with Nelson´s barque situated off center. It looks to have a bulkhead at the forecastle. The boxes for the hammocks give an approx. idea where this could be situated, could be near the foremost shroud. Perhaps this also would explain the position of the camera in the first two shots, which is about eye level with someone standing on the poop
Two more interesting finds: There was at one point enlarged hammock boxes on the waist, but I do not think that this state is relevant for my build, as before and after - see the dry dock picture of 1920 - does not show it.
Apparently this could have been the tender for the Vic. Any deeper informations about this one?
And now my big question:
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Who knows pictures, drawings, plans or other information about the Vic at those days, especially about the decks, and the head? Also interesting are contemporaries that sufferd an equal fate, as the constructions were often in the same style[/orange]
Cheers and many thanks, Daniel
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