"The Enginnering to Re-Support HMS Victory " Topic
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| Tango01 | 18 May 2016 10:33 p.m. PST |
"Last week we made a post with the headline, HMS Victory ‘Collapsing' Under Her Own Weight. The headline was alarmist at best. (We borrowed it from the BBC, but that is no excuse.) The historic ship will, of course, not be allowed to collapse under its own weight. David Hayes of the Historic Naval Fiction blog was kind enough to pass along this very interesting video about the engineering behind the 136 metal supports being installed to support, or as the video refers to it , "re-support," HMS Victory to control the bulging and racking of the hull…"
See here
oldsaltblog.com Amicalement
Armand |
| Mark Barker | 19 May 2016 9:43 a.m. PST |
Useful and rather more reasoned update. The video of the laser scan is separately viewable, I posted the link to the last discussion on the subject. Mark Barker |
| Tango01 | 19 May 2016 10:14 a.m. PST |
Yes, I read it my friend… this is the second part… (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
