Talk:HMS Victory (1737)

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This article is quite eclectic. For a reader not acquainted with the historical facts it remains opaque. First and foremost, the reference to braking the blockade.

She was wrecked with the loss of her entire crew whilst returning to England as the flagship of Admiral Sir John Balchen after breaking the blockade of Sir Charles Hardy, in the Tagus estuary.

Why does a British ship have to break the blockade of a British officer? This makes no sense, as there was no civil war on during that age... please clarify or omit this section and state the details of the loss of the ship. --80.145.199.218 23:40, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

I see where you've gone wrong here. Hardy was the one who was blockaded, not the one who was doing the blockading. Also no more details are available. Her escorts lost sight of her, then she was wrecked with the loss of all her crew. I'm afraid there is no more story to tell. Any extra details on the sinking or what led up to it have been lost with her crew, though I'm not sure what it is you wanted to know anyway. I will clarify this somewhat in the article. --Benea 01:24, 8 August 2007 (UTC)