Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on May 23, 2007 at 10:00:19 from 213.38.124.194 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: The Cutty Sark - The ship that died of shame. posted by John Wilson on May 23, 2007 at 23:50:19:
It's a wrought iron frame, not steel, and it is massively corroded due to the "battery" effect of being separated from the Muntz metal sheathing by some very wet wood! It has really no strength left.
It would be perfectly possible to replace this; wrought iron is once more available and the necessary skills exist to form it.