What's happening to Peggy?

A number of people have asked us lately about Peggy and what is happening to her. Since she was removed from her boat cellar in January last year she's not been on show She's still sitting tight in her conservation facility in Douglas. So what are we actually doing?

Our conservator, Christopher Weeks, has been working hard over the last year to finish building the conservation facility around her so that it now has an office and a toilet! At the same time he has been analysing Peggy with the help of a variety of specialist technical experts. He has now a treatment programme designed to arrest further decay and preserve Peggy for future generations. Most importantly his proposals have been discussed with our peers at National Historic Ships UK, Mary Rose Trust and others, and we now have a clear mandate to proceed.

Note: this post was updated on 1/12/2021 to remove a paragraph which some readers found misleading. The paragraph referred to an aspect of our plans for the conservation of Peggy's hull that has been changed. The wholesale removal of Peggy's fixing (nails) is no longer part of her treatment plan.