Work to create viewing platforms so visitors can look inside hidden parts of Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship are carefully being constructed. This is part of The Big Repair, a £42m conservation project ...
Under swirling clouds, its four-story hull illuminated by lanterns tied to its masts, the massive warship sinks beneath the waves. For more than two centuries, Peter Monamy’s dramatic painting was one ...
For 800 years the city of Portsmouth built the ships of the English (and later, British) fleets. Today it is the home to, among other things, the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Ships representing ...
The remains of the first HMS Victory are to be raised from the sea bed nearly 300 years after it sank, it was reported today. The vessel, predecessor of Nelson's famous flagship, went down in a storm ...
It was the stormiest of stormy nights when Admiral John Balchin ordered to fire the guns as a signal of distress. His 110-gun ship, the world's largest and finest vessel, was at the mercy of the winds ...
Careful and considerate work is continuing to conserve HMS Victory and restore the Royal Navy flagship to her former glory. Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship which led a famous British victory against ...
TAMPA, Fla. – Deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago say they have discovered another prized shipwreck: A legendary British man-of-war that sank in the English ...
A leather fire bucket from Admiral Lord Nelson’s ship, HMS Victory and a Victorian Scottish silver tea service were some of the discoveries at a charity antiques valuation day in the Herefordshire ...