A party has been held to celebrate the end of a two year project to restore and conserve one of the world's most important historic ships
Built in Dundee in 1901, Captain Scott's RRS Discovery has undergone a £700,000 restoration project.
Never-before-seen parts of the Arctic explorer vessel including the engine room and coal bunkers have now been opened up to the public.
Gill Poulter of RRS Discovery said: "The ship is obviously over 100 years old so she needs quite a bit of tender loving care. We had undertaken a structural survey of the ship about five years ago and it obviously identified some areas that needed work to keep her in better condition in the future. We made an application to the heritage lottery fund which was successful thankfully and that enabled us to start work on the ship."
As well as remedial conservation work to repair decayed and damaged timbers, the ship had her entire hull washed, primed and repainted and her decks re-caulked and sealed.
Today a party was held to celebrate the successful revamp.
Professor Stewart Brymer of the Dundee Heritage Trust said: "Discovery is in the top 10 of the register of nationally important ships in the UK. When the work was being undertaken we had contact from as far afield as New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States - all interested in the work that was going on onboard the vessel."
Around one million visitors have climbed onboard the Discovery since it was returned to Dundee more than 20 years ago.
The Discovery is now one of the few historic ships in Britain that has its internal humidity and temperature monitored.
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