In 2011 a survey found the foremast of HMS Gannet to be rotten, requiring the construction of a new mast. This video gives step by step details on the key parts of how the mast was built from start to finish. HMS Gannet was a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop built on the Medway at Sheerness and launched in 1878. She was preserved in 1987 as part of the Core Collection of the UK's National Historic Fleet and is based at the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent. Chatham is famous for a number of historic vessels, including HMS Victory (1759).
9 дек 2011
