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HMS Victory rot problems

本贴由 Martin Perry 于 2015-01-22 发布. 版块名称: Everything Else Heritage

  1. Martin Perry

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    Looks like they have a lot of issues to address:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30926084
    Sounds like maintenance has not been as good as it might have been for a while?
     
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    Yes they do, its nothing new. Or rather it is something new, interesting to note its all the newer timbers that are suffering problems. I have great memories of Victory, it has a place in my heart, because one of my uncles was a CPO in charge of the onsite victory crew (it had a small crew aboard at that time) and he had his retirement dinner on board. I was old enough by then to enjoy the pussers rum toast to Her Maj.
     
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    The keel issue was mentioned on the BBC news programme last night. Apparently they plan to insert a large quantity of additional supports as the gap between the existing ones is too great.

    Keith
     
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    I remember a report on April 1st many years ago on BBC South Today, when they ran a spoof story about getting HMS Victory into a sea worthy condition, in time for the Trafalgar Commemoration. Loads of people were taken in by it!

    Regarding the keel problem, I guess this is a problem of preserving ships in dry dock. Unless the support is adequate, movement issues will persist. I believe similar problems have been detected on both the SS Great Britain and Cutty Sark.
    Ships hulls are designed to be kept in water not propped up long term!
     
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