LONDON – LONDON (AP) — It's a scale model, but this ship in a bottle is no toy. The gigantic replica of the Adm. Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Victory — placed in a bottle — was unveiled Monday in ...

A retired sailor has finally completed his half-century quest to build a model of HMS Victory – with the help of a 3D printer. Michael Byard, who started the work on the replica of Nelson’s flagship ...

The exhibit is the world's only known scale model of HMS Victory from the time of the Battle of Trafalgar A scale model of HMS Victory made more than 200 years ago has been put on permanent display.

For the first time in 100 years, Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory will be viewable from below - thanks to the installation of 134 metal props and the completion of an under-hull walkway. The support ...

A retired sailor's half-century long quest to build a model of HMS Victory has been thwarted at the last moment - as he can't find anyone to make the final parts. Michael Byard, who started the work ...

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AN ex-sailor is about to finish his model of HMS Victory — 51 years after he started it. Michael Byard, 80, began the 5ft replica of Lord Nelson’s ship in 1969, but halted after two years to focus on ...

HMS Victory first floated out from the Old Single Dock in Chatham's Royal Dockyard on May 7 1765. During 206 years in service she would gain recognition for leading fleets in the American War of ...

Below is my Grandfathers Service record from the war and an extract from a letter written by him to one of his grandsons. Unfortunatley my grandfather passed away in 1987. My grandfather was mobilised ...

The actual HMS Victory, launched in 1765, achieved lasting fame as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Nelson in Britain’s greatest naval victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Mr Byard’s model, which ...