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Old 9th Jul 2015, 18:33
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Victory was nailed together with a heck of a lot of copper rods come bolts, they were the origins of the theft terms half inch or pinch.

Because the Admiralty was suffering from a lot of metal thefts the broad arrow was stamped on it every half inch or so, this was an instant death sentence if caught with it, so they used to chop off or pinch off sections of copper half an inch long leaving behind the tell tale crows feet.


Here ends the history lesson

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