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Vice-Admiral Lord Nelsons flagship HMS Victory to undergo repairs
 [Forces] A £35m conservation project to renovate HMS Victory including replacing rotting planks has been announced on what is the 100th anniversary of the warship being brought into dry dock.was brought into dry dock 2 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard a century ago, where it has remained as the world's oldest commissioned warship and the flagship of the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. A dockyard spokeswoman said: "The project will provide visitors with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to see beneath Victory's skin and experience a first-rate line-of-battle ship being taken through a great repair." Read the rest at the link Posted by: badanov 2022-01-12 |
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