Proposal to demolish a historic vessel

The Scottish Maritime Museum has applied for consent to demolish the hull of

the composite clipper City of Adelaide. Their application is based on

studies which concluded that for the ship to be fully restored to go to sea,

or to be a static exhibit afloat fully restored, virtually all of her fabric

would have to be replaced at a cost in excess of £10m.

An option that has not been considered by the Museum Trusteees is

conservation without full restoration, which would retain the historic

material at a fraction of this cost, while making the vessel available for

study as a static exhibit ashore.

This vessel is of National Importance to the British Isles as being

representative of the vessels which developed the emigration trade to

Australasia. The application to demolish the City of Adelaide should therefore

be rejected and the Trustees be asked to consider alternative schemes for the

future viability of this vessel.

Here are supporting documents (Word format)


Justification for rejecting

this proposal




Letter from our Chairman

objecting to the proposed demolition

The application has been advertised and those who wish to make their views

known should send them as a matter of urgency to:

Mr Tom Parish

Development Control

(Application 06/00488/LBC)

North Ayrshire Council

Cunninghame House

Irvine KA12 8EE

Scotland