MUSEUMS & EVENTS
Oct 01, 2020
4 minutes
Victory under the hull
Thanks to a remarkable restoration project, Nelon’s flagship is now supported above visitors, replicating the ship floating on the water
In a unique collaboration between the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) and BAE Systems, HMS Victory – Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson’s iconic flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar – has reached a major milestone with a multi-million pound conservation project. This project, which has continued despite the UK’s nationwide lockdown, has unveiled a new state-of-the-art support for the ship that replicates the environment of being in water.
In a world-first, the specifically engineered design
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