HMS Victory to Get £16 Million Makeover
1st December 2011
A team of shipwrights and other experts will spend the next decade overhauling the world’s oldest commissioned warship.
The iconic vessel, which is still classified as a warship in the Royal Navy, has proved a significant tourist attraction for decades but has begun to show her age in recent years.
December 2nd, 2011 at 09:58
As much as I’m glad they’re restoring her, I can’t help but wonder if Britain’s new motto is “Millions for tourism, not one penny for defense.”