Discovery Channel

Treasure Quest HMS Victory

The Odyssey crew retrieve a cannon ()

HMS VICTORY FOUND IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL

In 2008, Odyssey Marine Exploration discovered Britain’s greatest historic shipwreck and solved one of the world’s most enduring naval mysteries. HMS Victory, the direct predecessor to Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, was the largest and most sophisticated warship in the world.

HMS Victory was lost in the English Channel during a ferocious storm in October 1744, which took its crew of 880 sailors and 50 volunteers from the noblest families in England, and one of the greatest Admirals in British naval History, the 74 year-old Sir John Balchin, into the abyss.

The wreck site was discovered in a location approximately 50 miles from where it has long believed to have been lost, putting to rest the legend that it was lost on the Casquet rocks due to faulty navigation and a lighthouse that had gone dim.

Watch the story of this amazing discovery unfold in Treasure Quest on Sunday 8 February at 9 (UK only).

Related links:
- Watch the HMS Victory Video Clip
- See underwater riches in the Treasures Photo Gallery
- Meet the Teams that found Balchin's sunken ship


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