3D laser imaging brings Victory back to high seas

Experts have used 3D laser imaging to get under the skin of Lord Nelson’s famous ship HMS Victory and help with its future preservation.

Victory is the world’s oldest commissioned warship and was Nelson’s flag ship at the Battle of Trafalgar where the Royal Navy took on a combined French and Spanish fleet in 1805.

The 248-year-old vessel is currently undergoing conservation at her home in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard and the new technique is allowing experts to see more clearly how the ship was made and the complexity of the 18th century vessel.