1,604 [NYAAR] Lord_Slayer [NYAAR] Members 3,856 posts 18,585 battles Report post #1 Posted February 13, 2021 So this article popped up in Facebook: Apparently, Victory's 200 year old Figurehead was cut up by a chainsaw in error........in 2009. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hms-victory-royal-navy-battle-trafalgar-b1799397.html 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
286 [WOLF8] Slammer58 Members 845 posts 10,099 battles Report post #2 Posted February 13, 2021 Thanks for posting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,547 [GWG] AVR_Project Members 8,015 posts 15,654 battles Report post #3 Posted February 13, 2021 Officials in Spain and France: "Whatever... Can't see the big deal here. Nothing interesting here. Go back to what you were doing." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,852 [CO-OP] HamptonRoads Members 5,102 posts 37,634 battles Report post #4 Posted February 13, 2021 Destruction of a national treasure. I'm sure the chainsaw operator will never live this down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,604 [NYAAR] Lord_Slayer [NYAAR] Members 3,856 posts 18,585 battles Report post #5 Posted February 13, 2021 23 minutes ago, HamptonRoads said: Destruction of a national treasure. I'm sure the chainsaw operator will never live this down. on the one hand, yeah it sucks to be him, but on the other, I blame whomever was in charge of the restoration/renovation. Someone had to approval the removal of the figurehead. Someone had to approve of it being cut up. The pieces were saved. Why have it cut up if you were saving it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
286 [WOLF8] Slammer58 Members 845 posts 10,099 battles Report post #6 Posted February 13, 2021 Unlike hair styling, this might be an appropriate use for Gorilla Glue. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
276 [WOLF4] LieutenantJebStewart Beta Testers 325 posts 20,882 battles Report post #7 Posted February 13, 2021 Benny Hill, a chainsaw, and "Yakety Sax" playing in the background......look what happens! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,590 [PVE] IfYouSeeKhaos Members 10,582 posts 28,014 battles Report post #8 Posted February 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Lord_Slayer said: on the one hand, yeah it sucks to be him, but on the other, I blame whomever was in charge of the restoration/renovation. Someone had to approval the removal of the figurehead. Someone had to approve of it being cut up. The pieces were saved. Why have it cut up if you were saving it? My thoughts exactly... "This is garbage...chop it into pieces... Now put it in that storage bin to save"... Wait...Wut??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
590 [JFSOC] Murotsu [JFSOC] Members 1,807 posts 6,286 battles Report post #9 Posted February 14, 2021 It sounds like the work of some obscure Monty Pythonesque bureaucratic agency like say the Ministry of Historical Inaccuracies who ordered it to ensure it was the real thing after reading a post on some website that it was a fake... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
15,546 [WOLF5] HazeGrayUnderway Members 35,393 posts 29,117 battles Report post #10 Posted February 15, 2021 19 hours ago, Murotsu said: It sounds like the work of some obscure Monty Pythonesque bureaucratic agency like say the Ministry of Historical Inaccuracies who ordered it to ensure it was the real thing after reading a post on some website that it was a fake... It sounds so absolutely ridiculous that something like this should happen. And then one remembers how things are at work, at any organization. I then thought, "Yeah, I can easily see this happen." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,604 [NYAAR] Lord_Slayer [NYAAR] Members 3,856 posts 18,585 battles Report post #11 Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) On 2/14/2021 at 12:31 AM, Murotsu said: It sounds like the work of some obscure Monty Pythonesque bureaucratic agency like say the Ministry of Historical Inaccuracies who ordered it to ensure it was the real thing after reading a post on some website that it was a fake... 22 hours ago, HazeGrayUnderway said: It sounds so absolutely ridiculous that something like this should happen. And then one remembers how things are at work, at any organization. I then thought, "Yeah, I can easily see this happen." Article names the agency Quote What was believed to be a 'modern replica' sculpture was consequently cut into six pieces with a chainsaw and put into storage and in 2012, responsibility for HMS Victory (and all related material in storage) passed from the Ministry of Defence to the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Edited February 15, 2021 by Lord_Slayer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
