The RRS Discovery needs your support to carry out essential conservation and preservation work that will help safeguard her future….
The Dundee Heritage Trust now need to carry out essential repair and conservation work to a significant part of Discovery’s overall rig, with major work required to her masts, spars and bowsprit along with the rigging.
This work commences on the 31st October 2016 and is anticipated to be completed by June 2017.
The Royal Research Ship RRS Discovery is one of Britain’s most important historic ships, and is registered as part of the UK’s National Historic Fleet. She was one of the last wooden three-masted sailing ships to be built in Britain and is the only example of this type to survive, a unique record of Dundee’s proud shipbuilding past, and renowned worldwide for her Antarctic exploration heritage.
Built in 1900 for Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s first Antarctic expedition, the RRS Discovery was the first ship to be specifically designed for scientific research and for work in the polar regions, and incorporates a number of unique design features. In addition to the association with Captain Scott, Discovery’s long career connects her with many other famous polar explorers and scientists such as Sir Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Tom Crean, Sir Alister Hardy and Sir Douglas Mawson.
This is part of a major restoration and conservation project. RRS Discovery is the largest object under the Dundee Heritage Trust’s guardianship.
Identified as essential work in a recent survey of the ship, the total cost of the major restoration project is £350,000 – with the £40,000 we hope to raise through this campaign playing a very important part.
The fundraising campaign is being managed on the Crowd Funder platform and the £40k needs to be raised by 12.30pm on Wednesday 30 November, so not long to go now!
Pledge your support –
The RRS Discovery needs your support to carry out essential conservation and preservation work that will help safeguard her future….
The Dundee Heritage Trust now need to carry out essential repair and conservation work to a significant part of Discovery’s overall rig, with major work required to her masts, spars and bowsprit along with the rigging.
This work commences on the 31st October 2016 and is anticipated to be completed by June 2017.
The Royal Research Ship RRS Discovery is one of Britain’s most important historic ships, and is registered as part of the UK’s National Historic Fleet. She was one of the last wooden three-masted sailing ships to be built in Britain and is the only example of this type to survive, a unique record of Dundee’s proud shipbuilding past, and renowned worldwide for her Antarctic exploration heritage.
Built in 1900 for Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s first Antarctic expedition, the RRS Discovery was the first ship to be specifically designed for scientific research and for work in the polar regions, and incorporates a number of unique design features. In addition to the association with Captain Scott, Discovery’s long career connects her with many other famous polar explorers and scientists such as Sir Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Tom Crean, Sir Alister Hardy and Sir Douglas Mawson.
This is part of a major restoration and conservation project. RRS Discovery is the largest object under the Dundee Heritage Trust’s guardianship.
Identified as essential work in a recent survey of the ship, the total cost of the major restoration project is £350,000 – with the £40,000 we hope to raise through this campaign playing a very important part.
The fundraising campaign is being managed on the Crowd Funder platform and the £40k needs to be raised by 12.30pm on Wednesday 30 November, so not long to go now!
Pledge your support –
