Description of Proportions for 44 Gun Frigates

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Type

Letterbook Copy

Description

Describes proportions for 44 gun Frigates. Discusses the dimensions of rooms for a 44 gun frigate, making them as small as possible without being too small. Chain pumps to work between the decks. Lengths of timbers, beams, and futtocks for the frigates (in list form).

Recipient

Document number

9999999955101

Page start

1

Note

DEI Complete, but no image attached.

Notable persons

Josiah Fox
Joshua Humphreys
officers

Notable items

stations
inboard work
44 gun frigate
filling room
chain pumps
decks
main mast
platform
lower deck
ward room
wardroom bulkhead
berths
sweep of filler
filler block
tiller blocks
bulkhead
scuppers
light
pantry
magazine
barrels
powder
long
door
passage
cockpit
cartridge
tiller
top timbers
cedar
live oak
futtocks
gun port
airport
beams
lower deck beams
pitch pine
white oak
orlop beams