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HMS Victory's 92 year-long battle with beetles
Best-known for its role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, HMS Victory is the world's oldest naval ship still in commission.
It was placed into dry dock at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard in 1922.
Andrew Baines, from The National Museum of the Royal Navy, gave 大象传媒 presenter Lucy Ambache an insight into the restorer's battle against deathwatch beetles.
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