Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Q&A · 1:55:24-1:55:58

Where HMS Implacable might have survived as a museum

If preserved, the 1800 ship Implacable would most plausibly join Victory at Portsmouth or become a major Chatham exhibit.

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Question

If HMS Implacable had been saved, where might she have been preserved?

Short answer

Most likely at Portsmouth beside Victory or at Chatham, depending on the money available to move and maintain her.

Notes

The question links Implacable’s destruction to the later determination to save Cutty Sark. If money had been found for preservation, Portsmouth offered the most obvious setting beside HMS Victory. Chatham is presented as another strong home because its dockyard could place the ship within the wider history of naval industry. The final choice would depend less on historical importance than on the practical cost of moving, berthing, and maintaining a large wooden hull.