Cutty Sark on fire!
This morning the BBC, turned on while eating our breakfast, reported the sad news that during the night the Cutty Sark, “thought to be the world’sonly surviving 19th century tea clipper and a prime relic of the golden age of sailing“, was on fire in its waterless dock in Greenwich.
I had seen the ship no more than some weeks ago, and when these things happens I’m never happy! The ship was really beautiful and 25m £ had been set for a complete restoration of it.
The BBC reports that the police is suspicious on the fire that has wrecked the ship. Thy are currently checking some CCTV images of the moments before the fire.
It is the second time in this month we wake up with fire not so far from home (last time was in Deptford) with a lot of people evacuated from their houses, but this time to become burnt is not a small car deposit, but a piece of history.
PS: I’ve noticed that someone has already updated the Cutty Sark information on wikipedia,with the information about today’s fire:
It has already been stated that the ship can be restored, the damage being less than originally thought. Up to 50% of the original material is currently being stored offsite during restoration.
It has also been officially stated that once restored the ship will still predominantly be the original Cutty Sark although it is obvious that hardware lost in the blaze will have to be re-created. In this instance due to the fact that 50% of the ship was not involved in the fire, and of the remaining half that was on site, the bow was predominatly undamaged, the stern appears fairly intact, and the rest whilst damaged should at least in part be repairable. As such the ship will still have a majority of the original parts and will still be the “Cutty Sark”.
