Admirals Who Have Hoisted Their Flag On The Victory
Over the two centuries since Victory's launch, numerous admirals have hoisted their flag in her:
| List of Admirals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Admiral | From | Until |
| Admiral The Viscount Keppel | 16 May 1778 | 28 October 1778 |
| Admiral Sir Charles Hardy | 19 March 1779 | 14 May 1780 |
| Admiral Sir Francis Geary | 24 May 1780 | 28 August 1780 |
| Rear Admiral Francis Samuel Drake | 26 September 1780 | 29 December 1780 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Hyde Parker | 20 March 1781 | 31 May 1781 |
| Commodore John Elliott | June 1781 | August 1781 |
| Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt | 10 September 1781 | 11 March 1782 |
| Admiral The Earl Howe | 20 April 1782 | 14 November 1782 |
| Admiral The Earl Howe | July 1790 | August 1790 |
| Admiral The Lord Hood | August 1790 | August 1791 |
| Rear Admiral Sir Hyde Parker | 6 February 1793 | May 1793 |
| Admiral The Lord Hood | 6 May 1793 | 15 December 1794 |
| Rear Admiral John Man | 8 July 1795 | 27 September 1795 |
| Vice Admiral Robert Linzee | October 1795 | November 1795 |
| Admiral Sir John Jervis | 3 December 1795 | 30 March 1797 |
| Vice Admiral The Viscount Nelson | 8 May 1803 | 21 October 1805 |
| Admiral Sir James Saumarez | 18 March 1808 | 9 December 1808 |
| Admiral Sir Graham Moore | December 1808 | 23 January 1809 |
| Admiral Sir James Saumarez | 8 April 1809 | December 1809 |
| Admiral Sir James Saumarez | 11 March 1810 | 3 December 1810 |
| Rear Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke | December 1810 | March 1811 |
| Admiral Sir James Saumarez | 2 April 1811 | 25 December 1811, |
| Admiral Sir James Saumarez | 14 April 1812 | 15 October 1812 |
| In Ordinary | 18 December 1812 | 31 January 1824 |
| Commissioner Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet | 1824 | |
| Paid off | 30 April 1827 | 21 October 1831 |
| became Flagship of Port Admiral | ||
| Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland | 1832 | |
| Rear Admiral Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie | 1837 | |
| Rear Admiral Hyde Parker | 1842 | |
| Rear Admiral W H Shiffeff | 1847 | |
| Admiral Sir Charles Ogle | 20 March 1848 | 19 December 1848 |
| Admiral Sir Thomas Capel | 20 December 1848 | 19 December 1851 |
| Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs | 20 December 1851 | 19 March 1853 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane | 20 March 1854 | 19 March 1856 |
| Vice Admiral Sir George Seymour | 20 March 1856 | 19 March 1859 |
| Admiral Sir William Bowles | 20 March 1859 | 19 March 1860 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Henry Bruce | 20 March 1860 | 19 December 1864 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Michael Seymour | 20 December 1864 | 19 March 1866 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley | 20 March 1866 | 20 March 1869 |
| Tender to HMS Duke of Wellington | 20 December 1869 | 1 September 1891 |
| Admiral The Earl of Clanwilliam | 1 August 1891 | 17 September 1894 |
| Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon VC | 18 September 1894 | 31 August 1897 |
| Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour | 1 September 1897 | 17 November 1900 |
| Admiral Sir Charles Hotham | 18 November 1900 | 30 September 1903 |
| Admiral Sir John Fisher | 1 October 1903 | 18 March 1904 |
| The Port Admiral's flag moved to Hercules
and on 1 February 1905, to Firequeen |
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| Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas | 18 March 1905 | 1 March 1907 |
| Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet | 2 March 1907 | 17 March 1908 |
| Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe | 18 March 1908 | 30 April 1910 |
| Admiral Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe | 1 May 1910 | 17 March 1911 |
| Admiral Sir Arthur Moore | 18 March 1911 | 31 July 1912 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Hedworth Meux | 1 August 1912 | 17 February 1916 |
| Admiral The Hon Sir Stanley Colville | 18 February 1916 | 17 April 1919 |
| Admiral Sir Cecil Burney | 18 April 1919 | 17 June 1920 |
| Admiral Hon Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe | 18 June 1920 | 31 May 1923 |
| Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle | 1 June 1923 | 1 April 1926 |
| Admiral Sir Osmond Brock | 18 May 1926 | 30 April 1929 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes | 1 May 1929 | 17 June 1931 |
| Admiral Sir Arthur Waistell | 18 June 1931 | 17 February 1934 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Kelly | 18 February 1931 | 31 August 1936 |
| Admiral of the Fleet The Earl of Cork and Orrery | 18 August 1937 | 30 June 1939 |
| Admiral Sir William James | 1 July 1939 | 30 September 1942 |
| Admiral Sir Charles Little | 1 October 1942 | 28 September 1945 |
| Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton | 29 September 1945 | 29 June 1947 |
| Admiral The Lord Fraser of North Cape | 30 June 1947 | 18 April 1949 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Willis | 19 April 1949 | 17 October 1950 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Power | 18 October 1950 | 17 October 1952 |
| Admiral Sir John Edelsten | 18 October 1952 | 17 October 1954 |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Creasy | 18 October 1954 | 17 July 1957 |
| Admiral Sir Guy Grantham | 18 July 1957 | 17 July 1959 |
| Admiral Sir Manley Power | 18 July 1959 | 17 January 1962 |
| Admiral Sir Alexander Bingley | 18 January 1962 | 17 January 1963 |
| Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods | 18 January 1963 | 9 September 1965 |
| Admiral Sir Varyl Begg | 10 September 1965 | 9 June 1966 |
| Admiral Sir Frank Hopkins | 10 June 1966 | 30 October 1967 |
| Admiral Sir John Frewen | 31 October 1967 | 27 February 1970 |
| Admiral Sir Horace Law | 28 February 1970 | 28 February 1972 |
| Admiral Sir Andrew Lewis | 29 February 1972 | 29 June 1974 |
| Admiral Sir Derek Empson | 30 June 1974 | 30 October 1975 |
| Admiral Sir Terence Lewin | 31 October 1975 | 30 October 1976 |
| Admiral Sir David Williams | 31 October 1976 | 30 October 1978 |
| Admiral Sir Richard Clayton | 31 October 1978 | 30 June 1981 |
| Admiral Sir James Eberle | 1 July 1981 | 31 December 1983 |
| Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi | 1 January 1983 | 30 October 1984 |
| Admiral Sir Peter Stanford | 31 October 1984 | 30 October 1987 |
| Admiral Sir John "Sandy" Woodward | 31 October 1987 | 30 October 1989 |
| Admiral Sir Jeremy Black | 31 October 1989 | 30 March 1991 |
| Admiral Sir John Kerr | 31 March 1991 | 30 March 1993 |
| Admiral Sir Michael Layard | 31 March 1993 | 30 March 1994 |
| Admiral Sir Michael Boyce | 31 March 1994 | 30 March 1997 |
| Admiral Sir John Brigstocke | 31 March 1997 | 18 January 2000 |
| Vice Admiral Sir Peter Spencer | 19 January 2000 | 28 January 2003 |
| Vice-Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent | 29 January 2003 | 25 October 2005 |
| Vice-Admiral Sir Adrian Johns | 25 October 2005 | 15 July 2008 |
| Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Massey | 15 July 2008 | 19 July 2010 |
| Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Montgomery | 19 July 2010 | 9 October 2012 |
| Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope | 9 October 2012 | present |
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Famous quotes containing the words hoisted and/or flag:
“Once it was a boat, quite wooden
and with no business, no salt water under it
and in need of some paint. It was no more
than a group of boards. But you hoisted her, rigged her.
She’s been elected.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“—Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.
Turn as I please, my step is to the south.”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)