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ship still afloat. Below the cover, large trunkings keep the space filled with warm, dry air to inhibit any further corrosion. A similar system operates inside the restored hull. Replicas of the original engines are in place, and the various classes of accommodation have been faithfully recreated. Her masts, rigging and upper deck layout have been restored to depict, as well as possible, the way she was originally.
The hull is in a very fragile state, with some parts rusted so badly that daylight can be seen through it in many places. A large museum alongside houses artefacts, displays, plans, pictures and other items relating to her history and salvage. Nearby, some of her masts from the 1852 refit are on display. One puzzling matter could not be resolved. At her stern she flies the White Ensign, the preserve of HM ships. She was never a warship, conceded the staff member I quizzed, but a contemporary painting showed her flying that ensign at her christening.
In recent years, Bristol has ceased to be a working port, as all commercial traffic now docks at Avonmouth. Formed by damming the River Avon and installing locks in 1809, the
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Floating Harbour is home to yachts, canal narrowboats, other private vessels and an interesting assortment of historic ships and small craft.
Those with craft within canal limits can go upstream to Bath, onto the Kennet and Avon Canal and east to the Thames. Seagoing boats can lock out onto the Avon, steam downstream to the Bristol Channel and into the Irish Sea. A major maritime museum is scheduled to open later this year.
SPECIFICATIONS
Length 98m Beam 15.4m Draught 4.9m Displacement 3675 tons Gross registered tonnage Net tonnage Coal stowage Cargo capacity
Passengers 360 Complement
10 officers, 120 crew
3270 tons 1725 tons 1200 tons 1200 tons
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