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Cutty Sark
Specialist painting teams from Lucas were proud to be involved in the long-term conservation project to restore the famous 143 year-old Cutty Sark clipper ship which was re-opened by Her Majesty the Queen recently.
Cutty Sark was the fastest ship of her day, her sleek lines formed of a wrought iron frame clad with teak and rock elm strakes and fastened with special alloy metal bolts. The Cutty Sark Conservation Project began in 2006 and despite a setback when a serious fire broke out in 2007, she now rests in a spectacular new setting in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
We painted the outside hull of the ship with a flexible Dulux Weathershield black coating with white rail details, painted the inside of the hull and treated the decking with a protective coating. We also applied special anti-corrosion protection to the fixing bolts.
The Lucas team helped to devise a specialist preservation system for two deckhouses that were temporarily conserved at Chatham Dockyard prior to re-installation, and completed final protective and decorative coatings to support steels for the ship before the re-opening.
Cutty Sark is the latest in a number of significant conservation and preservation projects where teams from Lucas have played a part. These have included the Guildhall in the City of London and The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford–upon–Avon.
Cutty Sark was the fastest ship of her day, her sleek lines formed of a wrought iron frame clad with teak and rock elm strakes and fastened with special alloy metal bolts. The Cutty Sark Conservation Project began in 2006 and despite a setback when a serious fire broke out in 2007, she now rests in a spectacular new setting in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
We painted the outside hull of the ship with a flexible Dulux Weathershield black coating with white rail details, painted the inside of the hull and treated the decking with a protective coating. We also applied special anti-corrosion protection to the fixing bolts.
The Lucas team helped to devise a specialist preservation system for two deckhouses that were temporarily conserved at Chatham Dockyard prior to re-installation, and completed final protective and decorative coatings to support steels for the ship before the re-opening.
Cutty Sark is the latest in a number of significant conservation and preservation projects where teams from Lucas have played a part. These have included the Guildhall in the City of London and The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford–upon–Avon.