The head of the United Nations cultural agency today called for the preservation of a British man-o-war sent to the bottom of the English Channel by a storm in 1744 ... of the HMS Victory was ...

and lead curator on the new gallery, said: "Visitors love HMS Victory and they never tire of her story. "Even those who think they know all about the ship will discover something new." Follow BBC ...

The Copper sheets, which were removed from The Victory during restoration, were sold to raise funds for the Save the Victory Fund, to restore the ship to her configuration at trafalgar.