Historic warships were smaller and more crowded than visitors expect

Which naval misconception is especially enjoyable to correct?

The exaggerated scale of historic warships, because seeing Victory after Warrior makes their compact size and extraordinary crew density immediately clear.

Visitors often expect sailing warships to be larger than they find them. HMS Warrior, described as a frigate for her period, makes HMS Victory's shorter hull particularly striking. Victory was a first-rate ship of the line and nevertheless accommodated more than seven hundred people in that space. Seeing the two ships together gives a direct sense of how crowded a sailing warship could be.