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Vibro piling work to create the cofferdam around HMS Alliance has been completed, 4 days ahead of schedule. Work has now started on preparing the inside of the cofferdam for backfilling with a lightweight granular aggregate. 

The project to save HMS Alliance received a £3.4 million lottery grant from the Heritage Lottery fund back in May. Exposed to sea water over cradles by the Museum quayside, the outer structure of HMS Alliance had corroded so badly that parts were literally in danger of falling into the sea below, a rusting process that has proved hard to arrest due to difficulties of access. 

As well as the physical conservation, at the heart of the project is a new education programme and dynamic interpretation scheme which will bring Alliance ‘back to life’ for all visitors. Improvements will include dressing the accommodation spaces to reflect the decades of Alliance’s service from the 1940’s through to the 1970’s with interactive soundscapes that reflect how the submarine looked and felt whilst on operations. The Museum will also be taking the project to the local community with an outreach programme featuring a range of fun and engaging events. It is hoped that volunteers will play an important role in all these activities as the project aims to clock up to 2,500 hours of volunteer time over its life span.

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