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Tiny vandals: London Zoo's deathwatch beetle colony reveals what’s eating HMS Victory
A mother and two children look at a scaffolding tent covering a ship that reads 'Victory Live: The Big Repair'.
Celebrating Dr Cathryn Harvey: The National Museum of the Royal Navy’s First Doctoral Graduate
Aerial photo of HMS Victory: Victory Live Experience
HMS Victory shortlisted for best conservation project

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Tiny vandals: London Zoo's deathwatch beetle colony reveals what’s eating HMS Victory

A colony of deathwatch beetles can now be found at ZSL’s London Zoo, offering scientists and visitors a rare chance to learn more about the pests…
A mother and two children look at a scaffolding tent covering a ship that reads 'Victory Live: The Big Repair'.
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Celebrating Dr Cathryn Harvey: The National Museum of the Royal Navy’s First Doctoral Graduate

We are delighted to congratulate Cathryn Harvey of Cranfield University on successfully passing her Doctoral viva. Cathryn will very soon be the…
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HMS Victory shortlisted for best conservation project

HMS Victory: The Big Repair has been named as one of the UK’s best conservation and restoration projects, following stellar progress over the last 12…
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Commemorating Operation Roast and Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter VC

80 years ago today 43 Commando Royal Marines took part in Operation Roast – the Battle of Lake Comacchio in Italy during the Second World War. One of…
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The National Museum of the Royal Navy and the University of Portsmouth form new partnership

A new collaboration has been established between the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Port Cities and…
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HMS Victory: Conservation work "continues at pace" to restore Royal Navy flagship to her former glory

Painstaking engineering to conserve HMS Victory for future generations is “continuing at pace”.
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Fiction meets Innovation: Jules Verne’s underwater dream versus early Submarine design

No one person can be credited with inventing the submarine. Early inventors had the task of understanding the physical properties of the ocean and…
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New Acquisitions: The Highlights of 2024

2024 has been a year of significant acquisitions at The National Museum of the Royal Navy. Formed in 2009, The National Museum of the Royal Navy…