Design specifications for 44 gun frigate
Document 1795Designs and calculations for the construction of 44 gun frigates.
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Forty Four Gun Frigates
[Complex tabular document with two parallel sections and a comparative notes column. Rows numbered 1–22 on this page, continuing on the following page. Column headers run across the top of each section.]
[Left section — column headers]:
Frigates that — 3 Buttocks that cuts where — are cut off by the — at the Head to give sharpness up to the Port, and to — the Port, and be accommodate — the Choppers, and [undecipherable] — are to be of sizes — the top of the Station —
[Right section — column headers]:
[undecipherable] that — 3 Buttocks that — are cut off by the — at the Head, and which — up to the Port, and to — the Port, and be accommodate — the Choppers, and [undecipherable] — are to be of sizes — the top of the Station —
[Far right column header]:
[undecipherable] Buttocks that come where [undecipherable]
[Table — No. | L: Cuts off | L: Port | L: Description | R: Cuts off | R: Port | R: Description | Far Right Notes]
1 | Cuts off | [?] Port | 2 buttocks to give sharpness to the fairing Members — proper length | Cuts off | [?] | 2 buttocks to give sharpness to the fairing Members | 2.8 longer to reach Port Alls
2 | Cuts off | 4 | proper length | Cuts off | [?] | proper length | proper length
3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —
4 | — | — | 2 [undecipherable] to give sharpness to the fairing Members | — | — | [similar] | —
5 | Cuts off | [?] | 2 [undecipherable] to give sharpness to the fairing Members — cuts 3 inches shorter by chopper | Cuts off | [?] | [similar] | —
6 | Cuts off | [?] | [similar] | Cuts off | [?] | [similar] | proper length
7 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
8 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
9 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
10 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | 2 longer to reach Port Alls
11 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
12 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
13 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
14 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | 2.0 longer to reach Port Alls
15 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
16 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | cuts 3 inches shorter by chopper | —
17 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | proper length
18 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | 2.3 longer to reach Port Alls
19 | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
20 | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
21 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
22 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | driven up to top of [undecipherable] and Port Alls
[Table continues — rows 22–47; section headers partway down reference "fore lower carrs," "long lower carrs," "long upper carrs," and "fore upper carrs." Far right column notes include "1.2 longer to reach Port Alls," "2.2 longer to reach Port Alls," "3 longer to reach Port Alls," and similar measurements.]
22 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | 1.2 longer to reach Port Alls
23 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | proper length
24 | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
25 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
26 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
27 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
28 | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
29 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | 2.2 longer to reach Port Alls
30 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
31 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
32 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
33 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
34 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
35 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | 3 longer to reach Port Alls
36 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
37 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
38 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
39 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | Cuts off | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
40 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
41 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
42 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
43 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
44 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
45 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
46 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | —
47 | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | — | [?] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] longer to reach Port Alls
The heads of the fairing timbers to the Port, are to run but a little below the after cap of the Gunwale Beam, and ought to have one bolt of the Gunwale [undecipherable] through each of their Heads for their better security, for which reason the 3 Buttock frames are [undecipherable] agreeable to the annexed table — But foremost and aft, these are [undecipherable] agreeable to the annexed table — but foremost and aft — the 3 Buttocks that [undecipherable] not having sufficient sharpness, the 3 Buttocks that will make fairing timbers are, to run up to the top of [undecipherable], by use of [undecipherable] — To which this will make better work — But if these timbers are not procured of sufficient length, then the 3 Buttocks must be cut as equally as possible to the others, in which case the 2 [undecipherable] of those frames will [undecipherable] in proportion to [undecipherable] — It will be necessary to frame those where [undecipherable] only that — so as to make fairing timbers, and when the head [undecipherable] from all reasons and [undecipherable] — they have better be left until the frame is all raised, when they [undecipherable] to regulate —
[undecipherable] of these [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — may be [undecipherable] agreeable to the Draught — All the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that —
Stance on the Port Alls, are to be of Sister, except them over the three foremost Ports which on account of their wanting firmer heads for [undecipherable] the Anchors must be of Oak like the [undecipherable] — The size of this Port are also to be of Oak, the upper ones sufficiently aft to revive the Butts of the Ports —
Type
Letterbook
Description
Designs and calculations for the construction of 44 gun frigates.
Date
11/1795
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1795119916456
Page start
142
Note
Statement regarding 44-gun frigates
Notable persons
Joshua Humphreys
War Office
Secretary of War
US Navy
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
frigate
44 gun frigate
scuppers
airports
futtocks
timber
scarph
scarf
port
port cell
cedar
beams
gudgeons
draught
oak
timber head
gundeck
stanchions


