Editing Cutty Sark (section)

====Damage====
[[File:The Cutty Sark, burnt out - geograph.org.uk - 445455.jpg|thumb|right|The day after the fire, 22 May 2007]]
Aerial video footage showed extensive damage, but seemed to indicate that the ship had not been destroyed in her entirety by the 2007 fire. A fire officer present at the scene said in a BBC interview that when they arrived, there had been "a well-developed fire throughout the ship". The bow section looked to be relatively unscathed and the [[stern]] also appeared to have survived without major damage; the fire seemed to have been concentrated in the centre of the ship. The chairman of Cutty Sark Enterprises said after inspecting the site: "The decks are unsalvageable but around 50% of the planking had already been removed; however, the damage is not as bad as originally expected."{{citation needed|date=April 2010}}

As part of the restoration work planned before the fire, it was proposed that the ship be raised {{convert|3|m|sigfig=1}}, to allow the construction of a state-of-the-art museum space beneath. This would allow visitors to view her from below.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.cchjldrhspzrtmgp|title=The Future|website=Cutty Sark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724135706/http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/index.cfm?fa=contentGeneric.cchjldrhspzrtmgp|archive-date=24 July 2009}}</ref>

There was criticism of the policies of the Cutty Sark Trust and its stance that the most important thing was to preserve as much as possible of the original fabric. Proponents of making her fit to go to sea advocated that the fire repairs be done in such a manner to enable her to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bymnews.com/may/cutty-sark.html|title=BYM News May Cutty Sark|website=BYM News & Magazine|access-date=29 October 2009}}</ref>

However, the state of the timbers, especially the keel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hnsa.org/conf2004/papers/davies.htm|title=The ''Cutty Sark'', The Trials and Tribulations of a Restoration Project|website=Historic Naval Ships Association|first=Wyn|last=Davies|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910060330/http://www.hnsa.org/conf2004/papers/davies.htm|archive-date=10 September 2009}}</ref> and the fact that a hole had been cut through the hull in the 1950s for an access door, made this difficult. The Cutty Sark Trust said that less than five percent of the original fabric was lost in the fire, as the decks which were destroyed were additions not present at the original building.

The restoration work was criticised by The Victorian Society saying that the needs of the corporate hospitality market were put ahead of the preservation of the historic fabric of the ship.<ref name=BBC19598868>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19598868|title=Cutty Sark refit 'damaging', says The Victorian Society|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=14 September 2012}}</ref> ''[[Building Design]]'' magazine awarded the project its [[Carbuncle Cup]] for the worst new building completed in 2012 saying "The scheme's myriad failings stem from one calamitous choice: the decision to hoick the 144-year-old clipper close to three metres into the air on canted steel props."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-winner-2012-ship-in-a-throttle/5042493.article|title=Carbuncle Cup winner 2012: Ship in a throttle|magazine=[[Building Design]]|access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref>