The Revealer
Episode #13
Liberty's Nautical History (airs 10th Nov 2011)
Since 1875, London’s iconic store, Liberty, has been synonymous with luxury and great design. Its black and white exterior is characteristically British, making it one of the most famous Tudor buildings in the country. Yet, what many don’t know is that it was constructed centuries after the Tudor period, in the 1920s, and the actual structure of the building has circumnavigated the seven seas. Liberty was in fact built from the timbers of two great British Navy ships: HMS Impregnable and HMS Hindustan. This piece will look at the story behind one of London’s most famous buildings and the history of the two ships that made it.
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