Figurehead from Royal Navy Ship HMS Windsor Castle launched in 1858
Hugh Harrison Conservation was commissioned to undertake a full structural and condition survey and undertake conservation on the Queen Victoria Figurehead from the Royal Navy ship HMS Windsor Castle, which was launched in 1858. The figurehead is one of 14 Royal Navy ship figureheads on loan from the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
Despite undergoing full conservation at the Royal Naval Engineering College in the late 1980’s, as no weather protection was provided when the figurehead was moved into the Devonport Museum, she suffered considerable further water penetration leading to decay. Following repair, she is now one of the main exhibits at new museum The Box, Plymouth.
