New video released by Maritine foundation on removing Victory's Main mast
Did the grand ship have masts made up from multiple section with center core? I have seen some drawings of each lower and mid sections of masts being a banded set of sections around a square core, so if one section was damaged it could be replaced while the mast stayed in place.
Do you have a link to the video you mentioned.
Well! Learn something new everyday! How many knew Victory has wrought iron lower masts? I for one didn't.New video released by Maritine foundation on removing Victory's Main mast
I do have this book, but so far I've only skipped thru it, soo I still have a lot to take in - 'little grey cells' permitting.Page 81 in the excellent book "HMS Victory, Her Construction, Career And Restoration" describes "made" masts and how Victory's wooden lower masts {which had become rotten} were replaced with hollow iron masts removed from the armoured frigate 'Shah' in 1887. These masts date from 1870.
The book is by Alan McGowan and is published in 1999 by Chatham Publishing of London. A highly detailed study which features many excellent drawings by John McKay the author of many books in the "Anatomy Of The Ship" series.
Not sure if you are addressing this to me, but I would definitely love to see the photos.I visited the Royal Dockyard in Portsmouth to see Victory about 6 years ago and was told that all the masts, spars and rigging were to be refurbished / replaced as necessary over the coming years; at that time only the lower masts were in place (which was a bit disappointing). I’m not sure what the present state of affairs is but no doubt an on-line search will yield some results. By the way, I took lots of photos on my visit which I put in a Shutterfly album; I can give you a link if you’d like to see them.