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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on Jan 19, 2023, 03:44 PM

Title: Problems of re-assembling the Newport mediaeval ship
Post by: Duncan Head on Jan 19, 2023, 03:44 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64151535
Title: Re: Problems of re-assembling the Newport mediaeval ship
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jan 19, 2023, 04:07 PM
just down the road from me. I could volunteer  ;D
Title: Re: Problems of re-assembling the Newport mediaeval ship
Post by: Duncan Head on Jan 19, 2023, 04:10 PM
Do you really need models in 1:1 scale as well?
Title: Re: Problems of re-assembling the Newport mediaeval ship
Post by: Jim Webster on Jan 19, 2023, 04:19 PM
Quote from: Duncan Head on Jan 19, 2023, 04:10 PM
Do you really need models in 1:1 scale as well?

Well he's every other damned scale  ;D
Title: Re: Problems of re-assembling the Newport mediaeval ship
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jan 19, 2023, 05:29 PM
Might take a little too much of my time in this instance though :)
Title: Re: Problems of re-assembling the Newport mediaeval ship
Post by: Nick Harbud on Jan 20, 2023, 02:48 PM
I am sure that this will be an interesting project to follow.  As well as reassembly of the original vessel, it is to be hoped that at some stage a reconstruction will be attempted.  This would nicely fill the gap between, say, the Olympias trireme (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympias_(trireme)) and Golden Hinde (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hinde_(1973)) reconstructions produced during the last 50 years.

Incidentally, anyone in the right vicinity who would like to help with restoration of old ships might be interested in the West Wales Maritime Heritage Society (https://www.wwmhs.org.uk/).  One does not require a background in shipbuilding in order to join, but a familiarity with woodworking would certainly help.

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