What would you do with a surviving 1757 French 74-gun ship in its original third-rate configuration?
Short answerPreserve it as a museum ship, preferably at a sheltered site on Cornwall's Channel coast.
NotesThe surviving ship belongs in a museum. A sheltered site on Cornwall's Channel coast could protect it while presenting a rare surviving example of an eighteenth-century ship of the line. Returning the razeed vessel to its original third-rate form would make its gun-deck arrangement and French naval construction visible to visitors. The joking alternatives underline how exceptional a surviving 1757 seventy-four would be.