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Press Release HMS Victory 21st Century Museum Story Napoleonic Ships and Aircraft

HMS Victory invites visitors inside bold new phase of £42m conservation project

A 3D visualisation of the scaffolded stern of HMS Victory.
Blog HMS Victory 21st Century Napoleonic Ships and Aircraft

Chatterboxes – Connection and Conversations with HMS Victory

A box full of nautical items open on a table.
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Jane Austen and the Royal Navy

A mother and two children sit outside HMS Victory, a wooden ship.

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A Royal Naval ship setting sail for the Falklands.
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Falklands 40: Conflict Overview

Thursday 14 June 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands following the invasion by Argentina on 2 April 1982.Over…

A map showing how Spain and Portugal divided their territory across the globe.
Press Release Battles Wars Cold War War and Peace Falklands 40

Falklands 40: Why did the conflict happen?

Like all disputed territory in a post-colonial world, the roots to this question run deep. With the discovery of the ‘New World’ in the late 1400s,…

A group of Night Hunters in front of the ship badge for HMS Hornet.
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The Night Hunters: The Royal Navy's Coastal Forces at War

Little-known story of the Royal Navy’s heroic coastal forces in both World Wars told for the first time in major new gallery at Explosion Museum of…