Ball on board Victory, at Portsmouth, at the Centenary Festival of the ship, 1865. 'The Victory, Nelson's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar, hallowed by the memory of his death, is still extant, as a hulk, in Portsmouth Wednesday week the centenary festival of this famous ship, which was launched at Chatham, in July 1765, was celebrated by her present commander, Captain Francis Scott, with a ball, which he gave, on the upper deck, to a party of some four hundred guests, chiefs of the various departments in the dockyard, with their families, besides many of
Ball on board Victory, at Portsmouth, at the Centenary Festival of the ship, 1865. 'The Victory, Nelson's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar, hallowed by the memory of his death, is still extant, as a hulk, in Portsmouth Wednesday week the centenary festival of this famous ship, which was launched at Chatham, in July 1765, was celebrated by her present commander, Captain Francis Scott, with a ball, which he gave, on the upper deck, to a party of some four hundred guests, chiefs of the various departments in the dockyard, with their families, besides many of the naval officers and of the neighbouring gentry. The upper deck was covered in with a sort of awning and tastefully decorated with the flags of all nations, and with festoons of evergreens around the dancing commenced at three o'clock in the of the ladies wore their bonnets or hats all the time. The naval officers appeared in their blue the military gentlemen were in their undress frock-coats or braided many of the guests were permitted to drink wine-glasses used by Nelson the immortal memory of the great English naval hero'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.
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