Old snakehead is back
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Eihis mysterious shrouded figure is being hoisted into place on the wall of the National Maritime Museum's new £20m exhibition at Greenwich by a Fassi F330.24 truck-mounted crane. When the acid-free tissue, bubble wrap and shrink wrap are removed the one-tonne figurehead of Medusa will be revealed. This fearsome virago has been entrusted to the museum since its presentation by the admiralty in 1950. It was saved from HMS Implacable when it was scuttled in 1947. The vessel originally started out as the French warship Duguay Trouin, which fought against Nelson's fleet at Trafalgar in 1805. She was captured by the Royal Navy, renamed Implacable and served the fleet for many years, eventually becoming a training ship. The Hawk's advice is to try not to catch the old lady's eye should you happen to be passing. You wouldn't want to experience one of those turning-to-stone moments.