In the early 1980s, John McKay wanted to build a model of the HMS Victory, Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. But when he searched for architectural drawings ...

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Painstaking engineering to conserve HMS Victory for future generations is “continuing at pace”. The Royal Navy flagship, known for Admiral Lord Nelson’s famous victory against Napoleon at ...