Talk by Mary Montagu-Scott HMS Agamemnon - Navigating the Legend
The Master Builder's House Hotel, Beaulieu, SO42 7XB
Thursday 5th February 2026
Mary Montagu-Scott will tell the story of how Lord Nelson’s favourite ship, built and launched at Buckler’s Hard in 1781, ended up wrecked in 1809 on the River Plate off Uruguay.
A team of maritime archaeologists from the UK and Uruguay seek to record and preserve the wreck before she is lost by time and tide. Mary has dived on the wreck and seen its Beaulieu Oak timbers which survive against all the odds under the sea.
Presentation to be held in the Master Builder's House Hotel in the River View Room, doors open 1800, talk starts 1830 prompt. Bar available. Please book with the hotel if dinner is required - for reservations in Henry's Pub (open all day, last orders for dinner 9pm) call the hotel direct. 01590 616253.
All proceeds towards the work of the Buckler's Hard Shipyard trust.
A team of maritime archaeologists from the UK and Uruguay seek to record and preserve the wreck before she is lost by time and tide. Mary has dived on the wreck and seen its Beaulieu Oak timbers which survive against all the odds under the sea.
Presentation to be held in the Master Builder's House Hotel in the River View Room, doors open 1800, talk starts 1830 prompt. Bar available. Please book with the hotel if dinner is required - for reservations in Henry's Pub (open all day, last orders for dinner 9pm) call the hotel direct. 01590 616253.
All proceeds towards the work of the Buckler's Hard Shipyard trust.
