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Re: (Non-LEGO) Recommendation
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Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:49:14 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Jeff Johnston writes:
> > Also, if any of you get the chance to visit the UK, do try to make it to
> > the National
> > Maritime Museum in Greenwich. It's a very short train ride from central
> > London
> > and is well worth it. The _Cutty Sark_, last of the great tea clippers,
> > is also on
> > display nearby.
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> It's a ship in fine shape--I only saw it at night, but it's
> a very pleasant sight in the moonlight.
The inside has been modified, I fear, to be a museum - there's no way it'll
ever sail again, which is a pity. There's a nice display of figureheads
from
various ships, though.
> > (We didn't make it down to Portsmouth on this trip (too much to see in
> > London
> > itself) but for sail buffs it's well worth the trip - the Royal Naval
> > Museum and
> > Nelson's flagship the _HMS Victory_, as well as the remnants of a ship
> > built
> > by Henry VIII, the _Mary Rose_.)
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> I didn't realise they'd dragged the whole carcass (such as it was,
> which wasn't much) of the _Mary Rose_ out of its grave! Amazing.
It was quite impressive - and actually, they pulled up almost half the ship!
For those who don't follow current events, the _Mary Rose_ was
commissioned by Henry VIII as a warship, but sank in a storm - somewhere
in the Channel I believe. Half the ship (the port side, if I remember
right)
was buried in the silt of the seabed, which preserved the timbers and even
some of the cargo. (The unstrung longbows they found encased in wax
were still in firing condition!)
Divers found it, and the hull remnant was raised - it's now in a gigantic
hall where they are constantly spraying it with a preservative solution that
is designed to seep into the wood and force the water out - if they just
left
it as it was, it would have disintegrated.
> There's a replica of the _Golden Hinde_ moored in Southwark, by the
> way,
Durn. Wish I had known that - oh well, I think the wife was about sailed
out by the end of the Greenwich trip...
J
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| (...) I'll have to see it--real pity about the interior being altered, though I guess I can't blame them--the tea clippers weren't exactly passenger liners. (...) Heavens! I didn't realise *that* either. All i knew is that the ship and some remnant (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) It's a ship in fine shape--I only saw it at night, but it's a very pleasant sight in the moonlight. And it's mentioned at the DLR stop! Always a sure sign that you're important, methinks. (...) I didn't realise they'd dragged the whole carcass (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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