HMS Victory vs. USS Constitution | The Great Battle At Sea

Hey guys, since there is so much hype for warship battles, i thought I'd do my share. Hope you enjoy :D

One of my best mates - Dante, has been a big help with the edit of the thumbnail ;)

[TheTriplc]

If I saw the H.M.S Victory with all those cannons, I’d have one word in my vocabulary: Screwed

[joegaringan]

What you should expect when you are in a frigate against a ship of the line. A real captain would've ran away with his superior speed rather than have to deal with the firepower.

[lionljb]

the first time the Victory passed the Constitutions stern, if she had fired it would have been hell of a stern rake

[graceneilitz]

This is like comparing a battleship ( like Yamato) to a light cruiser (like Atlanta). Constitution was a great ship(frigate) but she can’t fight 1st, 2rd, or even 3rd ships of the line. HMS Victory was a 1st rate if I recall correctly.
She was built as a 5th rate, but carried the same number of guns as a 4th rate so she might have a chance against 4th rates if her crew is good and lucky.

[tonybmw]

Although the Victory would almost certainly win any engagement with the Consitution, there is no way the Constitution would risk getting into a broadside confrontation with a first-class ship of the line like Victory or want to come within range of her big guns. Constitution was strong but she relied on speed always ran when she faced one of the Royal Navy's first or second rate ships of the line. Much is made of her five prizes but they were all smaller than her 44 gun capacity. However had such a confrontation taken place, the Constitution would have been totally outgunned, and given her reputation for strength Victory in the early stages would have avoided going for the hull and instead used canister and grapeshot from upper gun decks to rake Constitutions decks, and then chain shot to cripple her by taking out her rigging before moving in and letting the big 32 pounders blow her to kingdom come. No one in the late 18th and early 19th C would mix with the British ships of the line unless they were sailing a ship of comparable size and even then given how good the RN's gunners were you also needed a hell of a lot of luck. Having been on board both ships one thing that Americans don't get unless they have been on Victory is just how much smaller the Constitution is and how limited her guns elevation are in comparison to Victory, who's upper gun deck would have been able to fire down on to her decks had she been foolish enough to come close enough for her guns to attempt to cause any significant damage Victory. The Consitution might have relied on hit and run but to do it effectively she would have come close enough to have been a sitting duck to the big guns on Victorys lower decks and for all, she is a strong ship I'm not sure how she would have stood up against a broadside of 40 odd cannons blasting her with 15 32 lbs, 14 22lbs and 13 12lbs shot all at once. Also given the speed that the RN could fire she would have been in range for between four and six rounds from each cannon, and that is a devastating level of firepower, and even if she did try to hit and run she would have had to expose her much weaker stern to the Victorys guns as she tried to pull away which would result in a one-way trip to see Davy Jones!

[OfficialDrize]

I like the USS Constitution, but there’s absolutely no way the Constitution would win in a fight against the HMS Victory. The Constitution had 44-or-so guns, and the HMS Victory has 104-or-so guns.

[SecondDraft]

I absolutely adore the USS Constitution. Seeing her sink in any way, shape or form made my heart sink. I got to see the beautiful vessel and her sister USS Constellation just last month. Absolutely gorgeous ships. I'd love to see HMS Victory too but the... differences in distance makes that troublesome.

[JG-wunx]

The british crews who fought on victory could fire 2/3 shots to French's 1. 100 guns on 3 decks she was a beast and ive walked on her deck once

[lolomgmetobavi]

The great battle? LOL, One broadside and USS Constitution goes down.

[johnmoore]

As you can see from this video. HMS Victory has 3 guns to 1 of every gun on the USS Constitution. Both are great ships but HMS Victory would win. I 've been on the USS Constitution and I can't wait to visit the HMS Victory.

[jjcooks]

I’d be like “man where’s the USS Pennsylvania when you need her?”

[daetslovactmandcarry]

"VICTORY _wins."_
... Yes. Capsize or no, _CONSTITUTION_ stood no chance whatsoever, all of her guns combined might have equalled one of _VICTORY'S_ broadside on a single deck, this wouldn't have been a match so much as a slaughter.

[cloud]

I got to tour the Victory as a kid! It was incredible

[Nuggie_butter]

how did the victory win when there was no cannon fire?

[davidshering]

HMS Victory was a flagship. It never sailed anywhere on it's own usually 2 or 3 more ships of the line, and some frigates. This encounter would never happen

[dantel.]

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[NCRBall]

The HMS Victory was so intimidating the USS Constitution dead ass sunk itself through sheer anxiety

[petergraves]

Dream on, constitution would have been wrecked by a first rate .

[Sperk..]

Very nice....Keep up the good work! :)

[kingofgaming]

I've been on Victory numerous times and she is a great ship