Deck Number of Guns Men on Deck Quarter deck 12 x 12pdrs 60 Forecastle 2 x 12pdrs 2 x 68pdr carrronades 20 Upper gun deck 30 x 12pdrs 150 Middle gun deck 28 x 24dprs 168 Lower gun deck 30 x 32dprs 225   Total 623 In addition Small Arms 10   Main Top 3   Fore Top 2   Mizzen Top 2   Rigging 11   Attend Signals 6   Grand Magazine 25 i   After Magazine 7 i   Hanging Magazines 16 i   Fore Hatchway 7 ii   Main Hatchway 4 ii   After Hatchway 8 ii   Boatswain's Store 1   Gunner's Store 1   Carpenter's Store 1   Purser's Store 1   Helm 5   Well and Wings 6   Cockpit 6   Total Number of Men Quarted 745         Number of Officers 24   Mates, Mids, Clerks 33   Boys 40   Widows Men 8   Total 850

 

The above is a full ships company. At Trafalgar, Victory had only 821 men.

i - Also had to hand powder along the passages.

ii - Also to whip up, or to hand powder from these hatchways.

Taken from Nelson Victory Fact File by Cliff Watts

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