And while the upper deck had taken the brunt of the fire, the Cutty Sark Trust told TTJ that much of the hull, which is made up in part of rock elm and teak, was relatively undamaged.
The historic tea-clipper was undergoing a £25m restoration, which means many of the timber features, including the hull timbers and the master’s cabin, had been removed and placed in storage when the fire struck.
This week’s edition of TTJ carries an interview with Dr Eric Kentley, curatorial consultant for the Cutty Sark Trust
