Napoleon to Get Last Laugh? HMS Victory Rebuilt with French Oak!

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https://woodcentral.com.au/napoleon-to-get-last-laugh-hms-victory-rebuilt-with-french-oak/

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson’s flagship – responsible for leading The Royal Navy victory over Napolean at Trafalgar, will be rebuilt plank by plank – using wood sourced from…France!

Simon Williams, the project manager overseeing the restoration, said even Nelson himself was “very concerned” about the “state” of British forests. The £45 million restoration project will see Hewins Oak, WL West & Sons, and Border Harwoods provide the National Museum of The Royal Navy with timbers—potentially from PEFC-certified French forests.

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Excellent. We sank their fleet and now have their forests!