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 | | In 1905 she was re-named James Craig after the son of her then owner, and six years later, in 1911, she was laid up because increasing competition from steam ships made sailing vessels uneconomical. |
 | | The James Craig's restored hull was relaunched in February 1997 and she is now rerigged and sailing regularly, taking members of the general public on trips on the open ocean. |
 | | She is the fifth ship to bear the name Victory and was laid down in 1759 at Chatham dockyard and built at a cost of £63,000, in the region of £50million at today’s value. |
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