On the eve of the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, here’s a 10 minute film from the the National Museum of the Royal Navy on the new (old) paint scheme being applied to HMS Victory as part of a massive overhaul of Nelson’s magnificent flagship. Andrew Baines, Head of Historic Ships at the National Museum of the Royal Navy and Project Director said “The really key point for us is that this is not what HMS Victory might have looked like – this is what she looked like, this is what Nel