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Danwales

·Apr 23, 2022

Spotted in a display about Ship building.

 

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·Apr 23, 2022

Slightly bodged the Upload so forgive the duplicate first photos.

A few snaps I took at the Royal Dockyard Portsmouth today. Nelson ship Victory along with one of Nelsons bed.

 

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Danwales

·Apr 23, 2022

Leather goods found on the Mary Rose ship.

 

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·Apr 23, 2022

Nelson clearly liked a dram.

 

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·Apr 23, 2022·Home For Wayward Watches

Thank you for posting photos. We've visited the dockyards. A few months before I'd not been aware that the Victory still existed. A very enriching experience and worth a return visit.

 

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·Apr 23, 2022

Some years ago I went there specifically to see HMS Victory in refurbishment and found a huuuuuuge queue of people lined up for something out of sight. What was it for? A Russian navy cruiser on a goodwill visit. So I joined the queue. On finally getting there the decks of the ship were lined with the Russian late teens and early 20s sailors, presumably conscripts, who were very keen to sell the badges off their uniforms for cash usable in a British pub. As a military vessel I thought she seemed rather run down and ill-maintained.