In latest stage of £42m restoration project, 30-strong team removed mast from Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar flagship
There is only one correct way to extricate a 15-tonne wrought iron mast from one of the world’s most famous and beloved warships – very slowly, and with extreme care.
Which is precisely what a 30-strong team, led by shipwrights and riggers, did on Monday night into Tuesday morning, when they lifted the foremast from HMS Victory as part of a £42m conservation project.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Steven Morris.
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