10 MARCH 1923, Page 3

It may be remembered that at the end of last

year Sir Doveton Sturdee appealed for funds to save the ' Victory ' from falling to pieces. Now a generous gentleman, who desires to remain anonymous, has placed the magnificent sum of 150,000 at the disposal of the Admiralty in order to reconstruct the famous ship. It may be noted that, although the hull can now be restored, further funds will still be needed for the removal of irrelevant superstructure and for the replacement of the bow, figurehead and stern, so that the whole ship may lye preserved as a monument to the Navy and as an example of eighteenth century naval architecture.