Cue Sir Humphrey's line on "floating the navy"

The Royal Navy is in such dire financial straits that they are even considering selling off HMS Victory:

The Royal Navy may hand over HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship on which he met his death at the Battle of Trafalgar, to a charity or a government department.

They are among options being considered to take over the cost of £1.5 million a year to run the world’s only 18th-century "ship of the line" — one that took a direct part in sea battles. Some 500,000 people a year visit the vessel in dry dock at Portsmouth.

The range of options that the Ministry of Defence is putting out for consultation are leaving the Victory with the Navy, public ownership by another government department or public body, setting up a new charity for the ship or using an existing one.

I realize that as a writer, my grasp of basic math is suspect, but if you divided £1.5 million by 500,000, you might discover a simple, direct, and easy-to-calculate answer. But that's probably not the desired answer, is it?

H/T to Nick Packwood for the link.