Raising the UK’s last surviving World War II Landing Craft

[Smithbrown]

Fascinating piece! Operation to save UK's last surviving World War II Landing Craft ends in success | Culture24

 

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[pattiewhack]

I disagree with the newspaper's choice of title "ends in success". The operation is not "ended" by any means; it is just beginning and the conservation process will continue for many years, long after most parties have lost interest.

Articles like this serve to perpetuate the myth that once something comes out of the ocean it has been "saved," when in fact the amount of money that will continue to go into this project (and anything brought up off the sea floor) in order to actually preserve it is an immense sum, combined with an equally immense amount of man hours.

Raising something from the sea is the beginning of a huge responsibility, something which a lot of people forget. You need to be willing to invest the time and money to preserve it

 

[SADS 669]

Two great posts, thanks.......

 

[Smithbrown]

Pattiewhack, if you read the article, you will see that the craft is going to a national museum and that a program of conservation is funded and in place.

 

[pattiewhack]

Yes, I did read the article. This piece will be preserved at great financial cost, but the article neglects to mention that and treats it like raising the craft is the end of the line. In my opinion, the media needs to put a greater emphasis on the idea that you can't just remove something from the sea and expect it to survive, it absolutely MUST be conserved or be lost.

 

[Smithbrown]

Perhaps this article is more to your taste: How the RAF Museum is conserving the world's last remaining World War Two Dornier bomber | Culture24

 

[SADS 669]

SB nicely done ha ha, over to you PW ??

 

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