Here’s the latest I can share about HMS Victory mast coins based on recent reporting.
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If you’d like, I can pull the most recent official press releases or museum pages and summarize their specifics (dates, coin types, and display details) with citations.
A 750-tonne crane was used to remove the mizzen, foremast and bowsprit masts from Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
www.independent.co.ukSix 19th century coins and tokens have been found beneath the foremast of HMS Victory after the successful removal of the ship’s mast at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The newly discovered hms victory mast coins will go on display in the Victory Gallery from 23 May and remain there throughout the summer. The find included five coins and one token, among them an 1892 one penny with Queen Victoria’s bun head portrait. It was made during HMS Victory: The Big Repair, the £42m conservation project...
www.mogazmasr.comSix 19th-century coins and tokens were found beneath HMS Victory’s foremast after hms victory mast coins were uncovered during its removal at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Andrew Baines, executive director of Museum Operations at Royal Navy Museums, said the discovery connected to a long-standing ma…
www.el-balad.comThe long-standing maritime tradition is associated with good fortune for crew and ship.
www.bbc.comNavy traditionsA 127-year-old coin placed under the mast of the nation’s historic flagship, HMS Victory as part of a centuries-old sea-faring tradition has been sensationally uncovered and put on display at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to mark this year’s Trafalgar Day commemorations on Thursday 21 October. The coin, identified as a farthing, was uncovered in the base plate of the 32-metre, 26-tonnes mast section which was temporarily removed from Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship during a...
www.nmrn.org.ukRoyal Navy Museums said the find 'connects us directly to a maritime tradition stretching back thousands of years'.
www.standard.co.ukThe find was made following the successful removal of Victory’s foremast at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, part of the £42m project to conserve Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson’s flagship for future generations.The discovery connects directly to a long-standing maritime tradition in which coins were placed beneath a ship’s mast as a symbolic act, often intended to bring good fortune to the vessel and her crew.Andrew Baines, Executive Director of Museum Operations at Royal Navy Museums, said:
www.royalnavymuseums.org.ukThe ship is best known as Admiral Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar
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