Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on May 23, 2007 at 09:56:55 from 213.38.124.194 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: The Cutty Sark - The ship that died of shame. posted by JLabaree on May 23, 2007 at 01:55:34:
"It is a law at Lloyds that the Jane rebuilt entirely out of the Jane is still the Jane..." (remembered quote from "Sailing Alone Around the World, Mariner's Library edition, edited with an introduction by A. Ransome)
A "replica" is surely an historian's and naval architect's best guess at what something was like. The "Golden Hind" berthed on the south bank of the Thames is a "replica" - and a good one.
The "Pioneer" is not - there was no need for guesswork, because her original form was retained and her timbers were replaced piece by piece.