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Dear Patrons, 

I am very pleased to share Part 1 of HMS Victory - The Total Guide! 

I think I can say no other Epic History TV project has been quite so ambitious, challenging, thrilling, frustrating or lengthy to make as this one! It's involved many days of research, location photography, long talks with the National Museum of the Royal Navy and National Maritime Museum, the services of two highly-skilled 3D artists, plus many late nights in edit. 

The result is something like a virtual tour of HMS Victory, with as much info about the ship and navy packed in as I could manage. And don't forget, this is only Part 1! Part 2 will have more info on the crew, sailing and fighting the ship, and life at sea. 

I look forward to your feedback, and Merch for Typos is in effect (excluding Topsail Yard which I already spotted). There are, inevitably, some small inaccuracies in the 3D model (those topsail yards should be much higher, and crewing the ship was not possible) but I hope these will be excused by naval connoisseurs. 

I always try to give Patrons a week's early access, but due to circumstances beyond my control, it's only 24 hours in this case, so apologies for that. 

Many thanks for your support, and I hope you enjoy the video.

Toby

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Comments

Kieran

Just finished watching it. A fantastic video! I really enjoyed the in-depth analysis of the ship it’s self and all it’s compartments. You really don’t realise how big and sophisticated the ship is until you have stepped onto it yourself and been all around it in Portsmouth. Can’t wait for part 2!

Richard Fernandes

Just finished watching it! Superb, Insightfull, detailed as always! In truth, You're a MASTER Historic Documentaries Producer. Keep up the GREAT Work as always Toby, as well, Charles Nove with his iconic voice and style narration.

Rick Reactions

Although still quite confused by all the naval terms it was nontheless a brilliant video as always Toby! Excellent 3D graphics and animations, pared with historical depictions and actual photos of Victory and the events surrounding her (now that's rare for an EHTV video!). Had an opportunity to visit the Vasa Museum in Stockholm a few years back, which is probably the best preserved warship of her time. We can only appreciate that the people of the past decided to take the effort preserve these ships for posterity (and that they didn't meet a grim end out at sea!

willeichler

Can't finish before work, rat!!! Halfway through and magnificent!!

EpicHistoryTV

Thank you! Yes the Vasa is a remarkable survival, only seen photos but would love to visit her one day. And absolutely - the effort required to preserve these historic ships is enormous and expensive, which is why we have so few left.

Chirag

Another master stroke Toby, cheers!

Ollie Goulstone

Superb! Brilliant work! Can't wait for Part 2.

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Will, hope you get to see the rest soon!

Rick Reactions

Even more remarkable about the Vasa considering it was on the bottom of the sea from 1628-1961! Even though it never got anywhere far it's still remarkable that it survived almost entirely intact until this day.

Luca Schneider

Amazing documentary. The animations in this video are beyond magnificent!

Hethwill Wargames

Thank you ! Superb graphical production on this one so far.

Will Chadwick

A triumph as usual. I have been reading Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey & Maturin books and the visual explanation of nautical terms and parts of the ship etc. are extremely helpful! At 2:01, however, I believe the Battle of the Nile should be in 1798 rather than 1799, if this has not been spotted already.

EpicHistoryTV

Thank you Will, and great spot, for which you get the Typos for Merch prize! I'll be in touch to arrange your prize. I'm also a huge O'Brian fan, and one of my goals was to make a video that was the perfect companion to the books! Next episode will be covering more favourite terms, such as warping, wearing ship, etc.

Plebeius

I didn't even think I would be particularly interested in this topic, and yet I ended up loving it! Really superb! This isn't a typo or critical issue, but the only thing that caught my eye as a suggestion is the title card/screen for the video at 2:48 felt a bit underwhelming given how top notch the production as a whole is. The title screen is very clean and elegant, but I feel like a slight increase in font size, a line separating title/subtitle, or outline box might increase the impact a little bit. Alternatively, perhaps the subtitle fading in/unfurling slightly after the title drop might compliment the ocean sounds/nautical theme. Probably not top priority at the last minute, and I can imagine others preferring the clean aesthetic of the current title screen. Overall, great work! Made me actually want to visit the ship after seeing this!

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Plebeius, very glad you enjoyed it! Interesting to read your feedback too. Personally I prefer the cleaner look where possible, so wanted to keep the title quite simple.

Plebeius

Fair enough! :) Can't wait for the next installment.

Rasmus Dahlroth

I was surprised, in a very good way, by how much I enjoyed this video. I can't wait for the next instalment! Although by 2:08 the flags are surely blowing in the opposite direction to the wind or am I wrong? Still I'm amazed and counting the days to the next part.

Resident Elect

This was absolutely amazing... Genuinely top-notch documentary making. I believe that I actually learned just as much during this past half an hour as I did during both of my visits to Victory! That being said, I urge anyone who is interested to visit her as she is still truly breathtaking after 200+ years since her construction. Thank you Toby and the EHTV team. Can't wait for part two!

Kevin Xu

Amazing cgi!!

Marcos

Wow, I've been waiting for this forever. Thank you!

Burt Clothier

This was made of Awesome! I've just started reading Richard Woodman's Drinkwater books and the guide to the ship names (and pronunciations!) is really helpful for a deep dive like this. I really appreciate the extra care that went into this video (as with all your works!). Production was top notch and I can't wait to share with others once it's on YT. Thank you so much for the great content and effort!

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Burt, glad it's been useful! As mentioned elsewhere, the desire to make a video like this largely stems from my love of the Aubrey/Maturin series. I'd love to give Drinkwater a go too.

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Rasmus, glad you enjoyed it! The flags are slightly counter-intuitive because they blow the same way the ship is moving, but don't forget the wind is coming from (roughly) behind the ship.

Stuart Carver

Excellent as always the animation is so detailed no wonder it took so long. Only thing is at 4.08 it says she wasn’t completed in time to take part in 7 years war and saw action 13 years later but that would be 1776 not 1778. I guess you mean 13 years after completion but that’s not how the narration makes it seem. Could also attribute the 13 years later to the battle at Ushant by how it’s presented. Would it be easier to say, it “then”led an assault at Ushant thus distinguishing it as a separate action?

EpicHistoryTV

Thanks Stuart! Excellent attention to detail as usual! You're right, this sentence is a little confusing if you add up the dates, but it is technically accurate, though not very clear. So Victory was completed in 1765, and first saw action 13 years later at Ushant, under Keppel. BUT the map and script move straight on to reference a much more interesting battle of Ushant under Kempenfeldt in 1781. It could have been expressed more clearly, but unfortunately too late to change now.

Kevin Xu

As a joke critique, I will admit as a yank I had to google what a football pitch was and when you first said it in relation to sails I was thinking an American football field

Will Chadwick

I suspected you were while watching - I think the video is indeed the perfect companion; I look forward to the next instalment!

EpicHistoryTV

Watch out, or I'll start comparing things to the Isle of Wight next! (this is the go-to size comparison in UK documentaries...)

Andrew Herbst

Very interesting! Love that you have +104k views after just one day on Youtube. Seriously always enjoy your content, I don't know how many times I watch your videos.

EpicHistoryTV

Thank you Andrew! Yes this one has had a very good response so far!

Stuart Carver

It’s fine i can see what meant just thought I’d mention it, also unless I’m miscounting I saw 12 bars in the picture for the capstan head, wouldn’t that mean across the upper and lower capstan with 10 men per bar 240 men for the heaviest jobs rather than 260?

EpicHistoryTV

Trundlehead and drumhead capstans were different sizes, the trundlehead took 14 bars.

Stuart Carver

Oh never considered that, strange to have a different number was there a functional purpose for that?

EpicHistoryTV

I don't think so, I didn't see anyone give a reason but as with most things on the gun ducks, I presume it's just about limited space.

Stuart Carver

Ah ok makes sense. Hard to watch films now where it’s literally one person per bar 😂