Comments on: Review: HMS Victory and Nelson at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard https://mechtraveller.com/2019/02/review-hms-victory-and-nelson-at-portsmouth-historic-dockyard/ Mechanically-minded travel Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:56:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alastair https://mechtraveller.com/2019/02/review-hms-victory-and-nelson-at-portsmouth-historic-dockyard/#comment-5187 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:13:37 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4167#comment-5187 In reply to sally corbett.

Hi Sally,
Yes, the day she gets her full masts back will be be a huge celebration!
And yes, all our navies get run down to the bare minimum, and beyond…. until they are suddenly needed again!

]]> By: sally corbett https://mechtraveller.com/2019/02/review-hms-victory-and-nelson-at-portsmouth-historic-dockyard/#comment-5183 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:18:10 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4167#comment-5183 I have visited many times the USS Consittution in Boston harbour….and the Victory….it will be wonderful when her masts get replaced into the rightful height that gave traflagar victory.
in my opinion, a nation’s international reputation depends on her navy….the navy is the diplomatic engline countries rely upon…..once upon a time the Canadian (my nation) was a fighting force (thanks to the RCN)…today Canada has only a number 40 in list of the worlds navies…..thankfully Canada has our allies…the royal navy and the USA navy —–because our political leaders have for decades wanted to destroy our navy! Canada , a country with 3 very long coasts (that are nuclear vessels/submarines of china & Russia daily…) has great sailors but no modern ships to patrol the coasts…….

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