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 Registered Member #4774 Joined: Fri Apr 29 2016, 12:07pmPosts: 15 | Hi, is there information out there on the frame thicknesses at the different futtocks and also for the width of the different frame pieces? I know these dimensions can be measured from the plans in the Anatomy of the Ships series, but the scale and line thickness makes it hard. And i believe even the drawings doen't match the listed dimensions (such as frames stated to be 10 3/4 inch wide between station 18 and 5, the drawing shows them wider and different widths too). Would be great if someone can provide the dimensions or point me in the right direction regarding reference texts. Thank you very much, Upbeat [ Edited Thu Jun 02 2016, 09:30am ] | ||
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 Registered Member #105 Joined: Wed Jul 15 2009, 12:01pmPosts: 3560 | go to the home page on this site then click resources in the menu. when your on the resource page scroll down to Joshua humphreye notebook. in his notes he list the size of every timber in a ship from the keel to the caprail. | ||
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| Registered Member #4774 Joined: Fri Apr 29 2016, 12:07pmPosts: 15 | Hi daves, thanks for the information. That is an amazing resource. How standardized were these dimensions? Would they be the same for an English built ship such as HMS Pandora? The Anatomy of the Ship about HMS Pandora mention the invaluable aid for construction details "Specification for a 24-gun ship of 1782" but I cannot find more about that. Does someone have a link to point me in the right direction, is it a freely available resource? | ||
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| Registered Member #105 Joined: Wed Jul 15 2009, 12:01pmPosts: 3560 | the information in Humphrey's notes are in fact from the British establishments. you could say these were the standard measurements or a starting point. Many shipwrights would use these measurements and change them slightly to match what material they had on hand or the way they built ships. "Specification for a 24-gun ship of 1782" this is the establishments when you look at Humphreys notes that is the "establishments" the Admiralty would tweak the numbers and up grade every 25 or 30 years. Another source for timbering is a contract for building a ship of the same class. I will look through my archives and see what I could find. | ||
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| Registered Member #4774 Joined: Fri Apr 29 2016, 12:07pmPosts: 15 | Hi daves, thanks for making the effort to look through your archives. I've started looking into Humphrey's Notebook, based on the keel length of HMS Pandora it sits between two groups. Neither of those seem to agree 100% with the information of the timbers that are mentioned in the Anatomy of the Ship book. I will continue to look at Humphrey's notebook and also will attempt to find the "Specification for a 24-gun ship of 1782". I have a hunch that it is just a subsection of the Establishments of 1782, but so far no luck finding that either. | ||
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