It was many years later discovered in a sailloft at Victory barracks, now HMS Nelson, in 1960, covered by gym mats.
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Manufactured in the sailloft at Chatham in 1803, the sail remained on HMS Victory until the ship returned for repairs after the Battle of Trafalgar in1806.
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