[Truch Copie Copy] N^o, · 41 War department July 17. 1794. In answer to yours of the 15^th requesting the dimensions of the Masts and Spars for the 44 pound 36 gun frigates, I have the honor to observe that on the 2 last tall month I transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury an estimate of the Masts and Spars for a 44 gun frigate, a copy of which is here enclosed, and there remarked that those for 36 guns would be but very little inferior to those of 44 guns. And I now repeat the same observation that the same size will nearly answer for both, but I will have prepared exclusively those for 36 guns, altho it would not be necessary to return a Contract for that purpose — Jam — [Truchborp Cop] d^o. · Nar dip July 18 1794 Agreeable to your request of the 17 instant I now enclose you a Schedule of the dimensions of the Masts yards and Spars for the 36 gun Frigates — Jam — Dimensions of the masts, yards & Spars of the Frigates of 36 guns — | | Feet | Inches | Feet | Inches | |---|---|---|---|---| | Main mast the whole length | 93 | 4 | hea 12¾ | diameter 31¾ | | Fore mast ditto | 86 | 2 | — 12¾ | — 28¾ | | Mizen mast d^o | 80 | 2 | — 9½ | — 21½ | | Main yard d^o | 80 | — | drive 4½ | — — | | Fore yard d^o | 76 | — | — 4½ | — 18. | | Cross Jack yard d^o | 9½ | | — 3¾ | — 12. | | Fore spirit . . . . d^o | 57 | 6. | — — | — 28¾ | | Jib boom d^o | 43 | 2 | — — | — 14¾ | | Main top Mast — — — | 56 | — | hea 7½ | — 15¾ | | Fore top Mast — — | 53 | 2. | — 7½ | — [undecipherable] | | Mizen top mast — | 52 | 4. | — 18. | — 15. | | Main top gallant Mast — | 44 | 8. | 15 | — 10. | | Fore top gallant Mast — | 42 | 7. | — 15 | — 9½ | | Mizen topsail yard | 56 | 8 | — 4½ | — 12 | | Main top gallant yard | 40 | 2 | — 2. | — 8½ | | Main royal yard ) | 30 | 2 | — 1½ | — 6½ | | Fore top sail yard — — — | 53 | 10 | ÷ 18½ | — 11½ | | Fore top gallant yard — | 38 | 2 | — 2 | — 7. | | Fore Royal yard — — | 28 | 8 | — 1½ | — 6. |