10 Oldest Naval Vessels of the World that are still in service

Throughout maritime history, a select few naval vessels have withstood the test of time and remain in active service despite their age. These enduring vessels serve as living links to the past, embodying the legacy of naval power and the technological advancements of their eras. In this list, we will explore the ten oldest naval vessels that are still commissioned, standing as remarkable examples of maritime engineering, resilience, and historical significance.
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[@saveriobiasutto4296]

Missing in the list (even mentioned elsewere) the Italian ship Amerigo Vespucci, launched in 1931. She's the oldest ship in sctive service of Italian Navy and right now starts for her 2-years around the world sailing.

[@joseantonioplaza8596]

Really forgot mention the Juan Sebastián de Elcano (1927)

[@TJH1]

HMS Victory really is utterly superb and totally worth visiting. She looks a bit odd at the moment as her masts have been removed due to lots of ongoing preservation work but that's just temporary.

[@erichammond9308]

I wish the UK would get her rebuilt to seaworthy, that way she and USS Constitution could sail together.

[@TJH1]

@@erichammond9308 She is safer in permanent dry dock, less wood replacement required so what original wood is left can remain. How much is original is an open question but no reason to accelerate things. She is a museum, why put it in the water. Plenty of other, lesser, ships for that purpose.

[@erichammond9308]

@@TJH1 ahh, but it would be a sight to see two old wooden warships sailing together.

[@peterbrazier7107]

HMS Victory is still the Flagship of the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty.

[@alganhar1]

@@erichammond9308 Never going to happen. The eventual plan is to get her into floating condition, but not sailing. The reason is rather simple, crew requirement. USS Constitution is a Frigate, a large Frigate but still a Frigate. HMS Victory is a First Rate Ship of the Line. HMS Victory requires a far larger sailing crew than the USS Constitution, especially when it comes to the Topmen who are the ones who handle the sails. First Rates like Victory have a much larger sail area than even a large Frigate such as Constitution, so require a larger number of Topmen. Just where are you going to get the crew? Sail handling is not only a dangerous job, it is also a skilled job, a fact most people these days do not realise. In the age of sail Navy's the Topmen were the cream of the crews. Even if the UK could get her into sailing condition, which is doable given enough effort and funding, they would still face huge difficulties getting enough people together to handle her huge sail area....

[@Lipo]

The Spanish Navy's training ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano was built in 1927 and is still in service.

[@cosmic1518]

You really forgot to mention the Amerigo Vespucci...

[@antoniorobertobalsamo5401]

E la Palinuro

[@AlbertComelles1970]

And also "Juan Sebastián Elkano" (1927)

[@mrbaab5932]

I heard that name in the video, but I think it was said it was not a registered military ⚔ ship?

[@sword_of_light]

Nope. There's an older Gorch Fock class still in service. The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX-327) is still in service as a training barque, and her keel was laid down in 1936.

[@felipeluengo9403]

The Juan Sebastián de Elcano is the school ship of the spanish navy, of 1927 year, why no is in the list?

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

HMS Victory = GOAT

[@kennethforsythe8182]

At 1:46, an "active ship" is a ship or service craft that has been formally accepted by the Navy that is either in-service or in commission. So the USS Blue Ridge is not the oldest longest "active" serving ship in the US Navy.. the USS Constitution is (225 years).

[@bradjohnson4787]

I remember when the Mount Whitney was the newest ship in the Navy!

[@patraic5241]

The USS Constitution us the only Commissioned US Navy ship that has confirmed battle victories versus a foreign warship.

[@chaddlindsay9909]

Another important fact is that the HMS Victory is in dry dock and has been there since 1922. That means she hasn't supported her own weight in the water for 101 years. She is not seaworthy. She would sink. The ship has been gradually collapsing into itself under its own weight for 80 years. She will never sail again. She sits on steel girders along her lower hull.

[@percyprune7548]

Where is H.M.S. Trincomalee, built in 1817 and still afloat in Hartlepool ?

[@jamesg9468]

This video is for oldest *commissioned* ships - meaning ships that are still in service of their respective navy. If you're just talking about old ships that still exist, there are probably thousands of those across the world.

[@markashford827]

Where? Er - in Hartlepool...? And very clearly not commissioned in the Navy so not relevant to this list.

[@winstonsmith2216]

USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) Laid down 15 February 1936. Launched 13 June 1936. Commissioned 17 September 1936. Decommissioned 1939. Recommissioned 1942. Captured April 1945 and transferred to the United States.

[@federicodelsarto940]

Mtf forgot Vespucci 💀

[@RockDocNeal]

I live just north of Boston and I've been on the tour of the USS Constitution. I would highly recommend taking the tour if you are ever in the Boston area. The Navy crew do an excellent job with the tour and it gives a comprehensive look at the sections of the ship and it's role and importance in the early history of the US Navy. I'd love to take the tour of the HMS Victory someday. On a side note, I think the heroes of the Ukrainian military defending their homeland from the aggression and brutality of sociopath Putin should send the Kommuna into "retirement" with a couple Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

As well as service with Nelson at Trafalgar, HMS Victory also served as Admiral Keppel's flagship at The Ushant, as Howe's flagship at Cape Spartel and as Jervis's flagship at Cape St Vincent. Like USS Constitution, she's now preserved as a museum ship, though HMS Victory also still serves as a flagship; traditionally that of the 2nd Sea Lord who's the senior admiral in charge of all RN shore installations.

[@victorglaviano]

The Constitution is also considered an actively commissioned ship in the US Navy... Like the Victory, mostly for nostalgia and heritage, not exactly going to be a modern ship of the line or anything!

[@BILL_YOMUCICPROD]

You forgot about the 1914 greek battlecruiser georgios averof

[@P4nk4s0f15]

You forgot the armored cruiser averof that is still Greek navys flagship after 112 years

[@walterwhitecockgaming7371]

🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🚢🚢 Averof is a museum not active

[@victorglaviano]

If a ship is commissioned, it's an "active warship" in the US Navy! An inactive ship is called a "decommissioned ship". The requirements to be an active or commissioned ship is to sail or get underway once a year. Which is exactly what the Constitution does, unmoors from the pier, goes out into Boston Harbor about a mile or so on the 4th of July, turnaround and comes back! So hence it's active or commissioned ship! But yes, it's mostly for tours and history's sake!

[@mpetersen6]

In 1998 iirc she actually cast off the tow and was underway by sails alone for part of the annual tour of the harbor. Also l think when she docks she usually faces the other way.

[@victorglaviano]

@@mpetersen6 exactly, that's my point... So it's still considered a commissioned ship!

[@user-yj6ul9kz3p]

te falto la esmeralda de chile y otros barcos mas

[@hatchimmmmm]

Go check sagres ship from Portugal

[@austinhughes1924]

The HMS Victory is 245 years old!

[@dck578]

The HMS Victory is a superb, beautifully maintained static display. However, the USS Constitution stills sails; I couldn't find out the last time the Victory moved under sailpower. So I'm making a slight distinction between commissioned and active service. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5_Fd32DbqyAitU

[@milandimitrijevic7957]

You forgot also this ship en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadran_(training_ship)

[@arnolfocomposto5096]

Sebastián Elcano, Esmeralda...very bad list

[@paulohorta1018]

Like hatchimmmmm said you must check Sagres, Portugal was a pionner in navigation, before all country's that you talk in the video...

[@nembokid19]

Amerigo vespucci never existed for u

[@TSSOG]

First comment.

[@darkansh2291]

Crimea is Russia and so's Ukraine