A Scottish Estate Donates Timber For The Renovation Of HMS Victory

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - FEBRUARY 18: Forest craftsman Alistair Miller and Frank Clark fell an oak tree on the Dunecht Estate on February 18, 2016 in Dunecht, Scotland. HMS Victory was originally made from 5500 oak trees and thirty per cent of the timber in the British fleet that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar came from Scotland. Indeed the Royal Navys anthem is Hearts of Oak. Three Scottish estates including Dunecht, owned by the Hon. Charles Pearson, will provide eleven elm trees and ten oaks for her continuing renovation. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)