During the research for our Naval History Topic, I found interesting contemporary drawings showing the outboard and inboard planking expansion
of the 44-gun two-decker frigate HMS Woolwich (1785), an Adventure-class - which shows in detail the planking of the real ship at this time.
Maybe we could use this topic, in order to collect such original contemporary drawings of different vessels - so if you find something interesting -> post it here !!!
Helping and to complete the information it would be good, also to post the sheer lines and bodyplans as well the framing profile if these drawings are available
The Adventure-class ship was a class of eight 44-gun sailing two-decker warships of the Royal Navy, classed as a fifth rate like a frigate, but carrying two complete decks of guns, a lower battery of 18-pounders and an upper battery of 12-pounders. This enabled the vessel to deliver a broadside of 318 pounds.
The class was designed in 1782 by Edward Hunt, Surveyor of the Navy, as a successor to the Roebuck class design of Sir Thomas Slade. The design saw a slight increase in breadth over the Roebuck class, but was otherwise very similar.
Like the Roebuck class, the Adventure class were not counted by the Admiralty as frigates; although sea officers sometimes casually described them and other small two-deckers as frigates, the Admiralty officially never referred to them as such. By 1750, the Admiralty strictly defined frigates as ships of 28 guns or more, carrying all their main battery (24, 26 or even 28 guns) on the upper deck, with no guns or openings on the lower deck (which could thus be at sea level or even lower). A frigate might carry a few smaller guns – 3-pounders or 6-pounders, later 9-pounders – on their quarterdeck and (perhaps) on the forecastle. The Adventure-class ships were two-deckers with complete batteries on both decks, and hence not frigates.
Eight ships were ordered during 1782 and completed to this design, although none were ready to take part in the American War of Independence. Most were not brought into service until the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War, and survived to serve the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War.
The drawings:
http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...el-364643;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=W
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion of the hull and upperworks for Woolwich, a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three unidentified draughtsman. The signatures do not match the names of the Master Shipwright at Deptford or Woolwich, or their Assistants. The plan is dated to sometime around 1805, as the paper is watermarked with 1805. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 292, states that the 'Woolwich' was at Deptford Dockyard between February and May 1805 having her copper replaced, and then at Woolwich Dockyard in July 1805 to be fitted as a Store ship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81960.html#Rwz9clsAWziPVJ9h.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard planking expansion of the hull and upperworks for Woolwich, a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three unidentified draughtsman. The signatures do not match the names of the Master Shipwright at Deptford or Woolwich, or their Assistants. The plan is dated to sometime around 1805, as the paper is watermarked with 1805. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 292, states that the 'Woolwich' was at Deptford Dockyard between February and May 1805 having her copper replaced, and then at Woolwich Dockyard in July 1805 to be fitted as a Store ship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81961.html#4iuWzbbI8vihdAsT.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81959.html#vv02rssY8wEkJhKY.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with alterations to the head, longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers. Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784]
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81958.html#58fFTLVt4iOel1tL.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers. The plan includes later details for the alterations to a troopship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81962.html#GAXLkpdKwTXbQMsB.99
of the 44-gun two-decker frigate HMS Woolwich (1785), an Adventure-class - which shows in detail the planking of the real ship at this time.
Maybe we could use this topic, in order to collect such original contemporary drawings of different vessels - so if you find something interesting -> post it here !!!
Helping and to complete the information it would be good, also to post the sheer lines and bodyplans as well the framing profile if these drawings are available
The Adventure-class ship was a class of eight 44-gun sailing two-decker warships of the Royal Navy, classed as a fifth rate like a frigate, but carrying two complete decks of guns, a lower battery of 18-pounders and an upper battery of 12-pounders. This enabled the vessel to deliver a broadside of 318 pounds.
The class was designed in 1782 by Edward Hunt, Surveyor of the Navy, as a successor to the Roebuck class design of Sir Thomas Slade. The design saw a slight increase in breadth over the Roebuck class, but was otherwise very similar.
Like the Roebuck class, the Adventure class were not counted by the Admiralty as frigates; although sea officers sometimes casually described them and other small two-deckers as frigates, the Admiralty officially never referred to them as such. By 1750, the Admiralty strictly defined frigates as ships of 28 guns or more, carrying all their main battery (24, 26 or even 28 guns) on the upper deck, with no guns or openings on the lower deck (which could thus be at sea level or even lower). A frigate might carry a few smaller guns – 3-pounders or 6-pounders, later 9-pounders – on their quarterdeck and (perhaps) on the forecastle. The Adventure-class ships were two-deckers with complete batteries on both decks, and hence not frigates.
Eight ships were ordered during 1782 and completed to this design, although none were ready to take part in the American War of Independence. Most were not brought into service until the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War, and survived to serve the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War.
The drawings:
http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...el-364643;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=W
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion of the hull and upperworks for Woolwich, a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three unidentified draughtsman. The signatures do not match the names of the Master Shipwright at Deptford or Woolwich, or their Assistants. The plan is dated to sometime around 1805, as the paper is watermarked with 1805. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 292, states that the 'Woolwich' was at Deptford Dockyard between February and May 1805 having her copper replaced, and then at Woolwich Dockyard in July 1805 to be fitted as a Store ship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81960.html#Rwz9clsAWziPVJ9h.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard planking expansion of the hull and upperworks for Woolwich, a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three unidentified draughtsman. The signatures do not match the names of the Master Shipwright at Deptford or Woolwich, or their Assistants. The plan is dated to sometime around 1805, as the paper is watermarked with 1805. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 292, states that the 'Woolwich' was at Deptford Dockyard between February and May 1805 having her copper replaced, and then at Woolwich Dockyard in July 1805 to be fitted as a Store ship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81961.html#4iuWzbbI8vihdAsT.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81959.html#vv02rssY8wEkJhKY.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with alterations to the head, longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers. Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784]
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81958.html#58fFTLVt4iOel1tL.99
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers. The plan includes later details for the alterations to a troopship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81962.html#GAXLkpdKwTXbQMsB.99