Shipwrecks and Portuguese Gold During the afternoon of October 4th 1744, the Royal Navy flagship HMS Victory was last seen by her accompanying flotilla drifting over the horizon in violent stormy seas off the Channel Islands. HMS Victory was Britain's most powerful warship, and at the time she was the biggest in the world. As big as a building, the three-masted triple-decker was 173 feet in length ,and carrying 110 guns she was the pride of the Royal Navy. Her loss was a serious... read more
