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Dry Docking Register

            I was approached by the Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust about conservation and repair of the Dry Docking Register 1936-1979.

At some stage it had got damp and had mould. The front board was detached as well as the first section. The rear board was in a parlous state being warped and mouldy.

Someone had tried to hold it together with black "gaffer tape" and the spring-back spine no longer sprang and was mouldy!

I was able to remove the black tape and clean off the sticky residue. I salvaged the remains of the marbled paper from the rear board, which was beyond reuse. Made a new rear board. Re-attached the front section to the book block. Chose a book cloth to match as closely as possible the front board material. Made new linen hinges to strengthen the attachment of the book block to the covers.  Reassembled the register.

Once I had completed my work I did a quick search of the contents. As a boy my uncle took my father, my brother and myself down to Portsmouth from my grandparents house in London at Christmas time to see HMS Hermes in dry dock. My uncle had been posted to her as its First Lieutenant. It was an awe inspiring visit for me going down into the dry dock and seeing the propellers and rudders. She was in dry dock from October 1961 to March 1962.

Now to return it to the Historic Dockyard.

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Taken on: November 1, 2023

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