The Sailing Frigate by Robert Gardiner

Author:Robert Gardiner
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781612519470
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2016-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

SLR0405 It would be a mistake to think that there were no significant developments in the way wooden warships were built during the eighteenth century, but because there is more information available for the latter half – and a few surviving ships, like Victory and Constitution – there is a tendency to describe later practice as if it were the norm. Older models are not reliable evidence because the typical ‘Navy Board’ style, with its unplanked lower hull, tends to employ a stylised version of the framing for decorative effect. However, this unusual model, dated to around 1717, demonstrates the exact framing of a small two-decker, as then built on its port side but with proposed changes on the starboard side; these alterations are most clearly seen in the timbering of the bow and stern, which demonstrate the introduction of cant frames.

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