Forestry officials reportedly contacted the Ministry of Defence in the early 2000s to say that oaks ordered after the second Battle of Copenhagen were ready. Whether or not the Navy still needed them, the trees had completed the procurement timescale for which they were planted. Naval forestry could outlast the ships, institutions, and strategic assumptions that created the requirement.
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Oak ordered after Copenhagen matures two centuries later
A forestry department reportedly notified the Ministry of Defence that oaks planted after Copenhagen had finally reached naval maturity.