HMS Poictiers

HMS Poictiers was built in 1809 as a third rate 74 gun ship. She ended up at Sheerness Naval Dock yard in 1848 then taken to Chatham where she was used as a Depot ship (being no longer fit for active service) and was finally broken up in 1857. In the 1920's the condition of the wood was such that the figure fell apart leaving no single piece that could reasonably be salvaged for purposes of reconstruction.

They were therefore used, in conjunction with archive photographs to carve a replica. Samples of the paint were analysed to return the figure to its former glory complete with gold leaf detailing.

This figurehead is not for sale but commissions taken to carve similar