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BBC News – 2007 Year in Pictures by Peter A. Mello
December 30, 2007, 2:50 pm
Filed under: maritime heritage

Another maritime photo makes the Year in Pictures. Here’s a shot of the maritime icon, the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, England up in flames.

BBC Year in Pictures 2007 cuttysark-fire_416pa

From the BBC News website:

A fire ravaged Cutty Sark, the historic tea clipper in Greenwich, as it was undergoing a £25m conservation.

I previously wrote about this here.

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It’s a major challenge but the conservation effort continues. Check it out here. Hopefully they’ll be able to raise funds necessary to bring her back for future generations.

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Comment by Peter A. Mello

I hate to see so much history lost. What a shame.

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