The philosophy of the reconstruction shall be to preserve as much as possible not only the lines of the ship but also her characteristics as historical vessel.   For this reason the pat of the hull above water shall be preserved as riveted (substituting all the rivets) maintaining also the riveted connection with the bulwark and all the existing mooring equipment such as bills, fairleads, etc.   For the underwater part the welded solution shat be preferred trying to maintain at least the original internal frames or changing the damaged ones but maintaining their original shim.   For the superstructures it has been decided to scrap the existing ones and reconstruct them completely in welded steel; later on it could be investigated the possibility and benefit of a preservation of the existing structures.   From contacts with Lloyds Register of Shipping we are planning to renew the class of the vessel as historical vessel".

SCOPE OF WORK      .   Cleaning of the internal from any waste material  Moving of the vessel into the floating dry dock of La Spezia harbour  Cleaning the external and internal surface by means of high pressure water (1.500 bar), disposal of waste material  Loading of the vessel on board of the barge by means of heavy duty boogies and using special built for purpose saddles  Unloading of the vessel at quay and positioning inside the workshop  Survey of the hull with LLRR to decide the extent of demolition  Dimensional check of the complete vessel in order to have the data for plates cutting and forming as well as internal structure construction  Demolition of existing engines  Demolition of existing structures:  Main deck: maintaining at maximum extent the existing stoictures (beams, longitudinals, frames, connecting brackets etc.), removal of all the rivets  Superstructures  Chimney, to be recovered  Masts, to be recovered  Windsocks, to be recovered  Forecastle deck: recovery if possible, windlass, bills, fairleads, removal of all the rivets  Fore tank and chain pit with recovery, if possible, of the hawsehole  First deck with recovery, possible, of the supporting structures, removal at all the rivets  All the bulkheads below main deck, including bulkheads for engine room access  Port and starboard bulwarks, recovery of the riveted half round piece and accessories  Steering gear room, rudder supports, rudder  Breakwater  Propeller shafts supports  Ropes depot on main deck  Reconstruction of the hull according to the requirements of LLRR  Renewal of the rivets of the connections following test to be performed with LLRR  Construction and installation of the new engines and generators supports  Construction of structural tanks required for the new engine room lay out  Construction and installation of new propeller shaft external supports  Construction and installation of new steering gear supports  Installation of recovered bids, fairleads, windlass  Construction and erection 01 new steel superstructures  Reinstallation of recovered chimney, windsocks, masts  Sandblasting of not renewed structures  Painting of all structures with 40 mic primer  Painting of he underwater hull with antifouling cycle  Moving o the vessel from the workshop to the barge  Moving of the barge inside the drydock  Drydock flooding and vessel launching  Towing of the vessel to quay