Construction of Shipboard Gun Deck
Document 1798Letter, describes construction of gundeck.
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Stanchions, to be fitted for the occasion to put their fat requisites, muster to Sheifs and Armoury. —
Skids for the Guns, must muster square, to work on a [undecipherable] at the fore end with [undecipherable] at the after end, and a notton of [undecipherable] inches [undecipherable] and fore Inetres being under the middle to Seatport there, which Groure should be made in the middels of the Skid one cross cleifs. there notton from the Foren only to both one bearing of their Thicktrefs and [undecipherable] Inchens under this wing, is to be large enough to interral the avouder Trimmerie, of the Carriage to keep through at least six inches, so as to reserve a bolt [undecipherable] the wing, and through the Runnion to prevent the Gun and carriage from flying out of the Skids. The copeler of the trocls and rolles to permit equally to the Tenton bolt, at the fore end of the Skids, to work on Sheeps as [undecipherable] shown in the former draughts.
Gun Carriage: to be made with one wooden Trunnion at the fore end, [undecipherable] front that passes through the Skids, to be made moved to bear the Gun moved on the Skids on case there should be a nessessity of firing over the mounts of the Gallery, on working the Gun fore and aft on the Skids, there should be fixed from below on the insides of the carriage, there said limon down on the insides of the Skids, so as to keep the Carriage steady on the recoil of the Guns, and when he lifts before the Gun is to be [undecipherable] across the Skids —
Quarter Deck [undecipherable] with the Quarter Deck [undecipherable]
Defence [undecipherable] and 8 Inches
Movable Stocks to be fitted two on each [undecipherable] and laid over the Skein
Oars occasionally to be procured on the [undecipherable] stock with [undecipherable] Oars 26 feet long ¼ of 18 and 2 of 10 feet, add womned Course
Rionsport one to be [undecipherable] in the Skein in case of accidents [undecipherable] the Bottom
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for other more this nappenance must be head to former corrections —
If the planck and boards are not seasoned let them be [undecipherable] arrived. —
Scouppers. — of Dead one on each side on the Gun Deck 2 [undecipherable] by 2½ inches diameter. 0 on each side of the Mounts of 1½ inches by 2 Inches diameter — one on each side of 2 inches by ½ inches diameter in the Cockfrit abaft —
January 12th 1798. Joshua Humphreys Navy Com[missioner]
[Received Per
P [undecipherable]
see The Pittman 1798]
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Letter, describes construction of gundeck.
Date
01/12/1798
Author
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798011215001
Page start
1
Note
Missing pages.
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
Notable items
trucks
guns
iron buttons
carriage
oars
rutter
plank

