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When I got the plans from the NMM I was surprised at what I found.
As you can see. there are many things to look at. At first glance there are double openings for the gun ports. there are two decks each, there are a mess of lines at the stem, things missing that should be there. As there isn't a contract that I could follow how other ships were built in the Yard and by Strickland had to be used.
The following picture shows the front stem area. Here you will notice thick dark lines under the bowsprit. The before and after. Which one is right?
In the stern area there are missing items. Where if any are the transoms? How are the decks attached and hoe about the deadwood.
Never mind the mess at the cabin lights area. This would probably take care of it's self once the stern was redrawn.
All of the darker lines are the changes Strickland made to the original drawings. If I wanted an accurate model I need to distinguish what is the changes. In this next photo is the descriptions of the ships specifications. What you will notice is the depth of hold measurement. It reads original 12' but it is cross through and 10' 3" is added. This means to me he lowered the deck 1'9" and it would stand to reason he lowered everything by that amount.
I guess my next challenge was to draw what I had knowing certain measurements of the original ship.
She was, Gun Deck 130' long and the Breadth Moulded was 35'4". The Keel was similar in design of the ships built in Kingston. I do be leave for lack of long, straight and thick enough material. The Keel was in three parts. The top part, with the rabbit was 15 sided x 14 moulded. The next under the Keel was 6 inches sided and the false Keel was 5" thick. For a brand total of 25" As most ships required a rising wood to attach the frames to, the drawings supplied roughly measured 5" thick. What is interesting is that it runs under the Stern posts.
As you can see. there are many things to look at. At first glance there are double openings for the gun ports. there are two decks each, there are a mess of lines at the stem, things missing that should be there. As there isn't a contract that I could follow how other ships were built in the Yard and by Strickland had to be used.
The following picture shows the front stem area. Here you will notice thick dark lines under the bowsprit. The before and after. Which one is right?
In the stern area there are missing items. Where if any are the transoms? How are the decks attached and hoe about the deadwood.
Never mind the mess at the cabin lights area. This would probably take care of it's self once the stern was redrawn.
All of the darker lines are the changes Strickland made to the original drawings. If I wanted an accurate model I need to distinguish what is the changes. In this next photo is the descriptions of the ships specifications. What you will notice is the depth of hold measurement. It reads original 12' but it is cross through and 10' 3" is added. This means to me he lowered the deck 1'9" and it would stand to reason he lowered everything by that amount.
I guess my next challenge was to draw what I had knowing certain measurements of the original ship.
She was, Gun Deck 130' long and the Breadth Moulded was 35'4". The Keel was similar in design of the ships built in Kingston. I do be leave for lack of long, straight and thick enough material. The Keel was in three parts. The top part, with the rabbit was 15 sided x 14 moulded. The next under the Keel was 6 inches sided and the false Keel was 5" thick. For a brand total of 25" As most ships required a rising wood to attach the frames to, the drawings supplied roughly measured 5" thick. What is interesting is that it runs under the Stern posts.
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