1 Transom . . . . . . . . . 100 at d° . . . 50 10 smaller D° . . . . 35. 350 at d° . . . 175 2 corner counter timbres . . . 25. 50 at d° . . . 25 6 middle D° . . . 20. 120 at d° . . . 60 12 half . . . D° . . . . . 8 96 at d° . . . 48 6 pieces for partners for masts 8. 48 at d° . . . 24 Dolls Ch. Cubical feet 15924 or 398. [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] . 7962. — 500 knees for lower & gun deck of live oak at 4 Doll°/piece. 2000. — 130 d° for quarter deck & forecastle of D°. 2½ D°. 325. — 8 d° for Transoms . . . . 6 D°. 48). — 2 /d° for Standards . . . 5 D°. . . . 10. — 8 breast hooks . . . D°. 24 D°. . . . 192. — 50,000 locust trunnells . . . 20 p^r Thou°. 1000. — Dollars — 21.463. 65 War department May 12. 1794 [Dimensions of several European frigates — copied from a list in the possession of Thomas Fitzsimons. Philadelphia] Principal dimensions of several ships Ships names | number of guns | length on the gun deck | length by the keel tonnage | breadth extreme | depth in hold | burthen in tons | when & where launched Victory . . 100 | 186. 0 | 151. 2⅝ | 51. 10 | 21. 6 | 2162 ²³/₃₄ | extreme length 223. 6 Ocean . . 90 | 176. 1¾ | 143. 2 | 49. 0¾ | 20. 11¾ | 1833 ³⁰/₃₄ | April 21. 1761 Chatham Dock Cambridge . 80 | 166. 0 | 139. 3 | 47. 0 | 20. 0 | 1636 ⁷/₄ | Deptford Valliant . . 74 | 171. 2¾ | 139. 0 | 49. 4 | 21. 2¾ | 1799 ³¹/₃₄ | Aug. 1759 Chatham Dock Centaur [?] . 74 | 175. 8 | 148. 2¾ | 47. 5 | 20. 0 | 1773 ⁷/₄ | France Bellona . . 74 | . . . | . . . | | | . . . | Feb. 19. 1760. Chatham Dock Panther . 60 | 154. 0 | 126. 0¾ | 43. 6 | 18. 11 | 1268 ²³/₃₄ | June 1758 Ch^m [undecipherable] Nassau . . 70 | 151. 0 | | 43. 5 | 17. 10 | 1224 | Stafford . . 60 | 144. 0 | 116. 5¾ | 41. 6 | 16. 11 | 1067 ⁷/₃₄ | old built ? Preston . 50 | 134. 0 | . . . | 38. 6 | 15. 9 | | Plymouth ? Arcon Ciel . 50 | 146. 0 | 119. 3 | 41. 11 | 18. 4 | 1114 ⁴⁵/₃₄ | France Diamond . 40 | 124. 0 | | 35. 8 | 14. 6 | 682 ²⁶/₃₄ | Dolphin . . 24 | 113. 0 | 93. 0 | 32. 0 | 11. 0 | 508 ²⁷/₃₄ | Woolwich ? Garland . . 20 | 105. 7 | 85. 6 | 28. 8 | 9. 2 | 373 ⁵/₃₄ | Hazard . | | 91. 0 | 74. 9 | 26. 0 | 12. 0 | 268 ¹³/₃₄ | Rotherhithe Buxton a new frigate . 32 | 125. 0 | 103. 4 | 35. 2 | 12. 5 | 679 ⁶⁴/₃₄ | Chatham Druid . . 12. 14 | 89. 2 | 72. 11 | 23. 2 | 9. 5 | 208 ²/₃₄ | Harwich Barnard Royal Carolina . . . | 89. 10 | 72. 7¾ | 24. 7 | 11. 0 | 232 ²⁰/₃₄ | Jan 29. 1750 Deptford Wolf Sloop . | 75. 6 | 62. 3 | 20. 7½ | 9. 4 | 140 ¹⁷/₃₄ | May 1754 Ch^m Harris Terror Bomb . 2 mor | 90. 6 | 73. 9 | 26. 0 | 11. 0 | 265 ⁷/₄ | Limehouse Sadgrove yacht . | 55. 4 | 44. 7 | 16. 5 | 7. 7 | 63 ⁵⁵/₃₄ | Pamella Sloop . | | 42. 7¾ | 17. 3 | | 67 ⁴⁵/₃₄ | Otter Sloop . 8 | 37. 6 | 73. 4 | 25. 0 | 6. 6 | 243 ⁷/₄ | Rotherhithe Buxton Royal Escape Lighter . | 63. 2 | 44. 3 | 20. 0 | 8. 4 | 104 ³³/₃₄ | Limehouse Carter Indiaman . | | 106. 0 | 33. 8 | 14. 3 | 638 ⁷⁶/₉₄ | Deptford Willis Grasshopper Lugbat . | 38. 5 | 30. 0¾ | 12. 4 | 5. 8 | 24 ²⁵/₃₄ | Lighter Royal George . | | 31. 1½ | 17. 9 | 9. 3 | 63 ⁷/₃₄ | Rochester [undecipherable] Baker Raven Sloop . 10 | 91. 0 | 74. 9 | 26. 0 | 12. 0 | 268 ²³/₃₄ | Ranger Sloop . | 75. 0 | 64. 3 | 20. 3 | 9. 10 | 140 ³/₃₄ | King of Portugal Indiaman . | 79. 5 | 67. 0 | 23. 6 | 10. 2 | 196 ⁷/₉₉ | Thunder Bomb . 2 Mor | 91. 6 | 74. 1½ | 27. 6 | 12. 1 | 298 ³/₃₂ | Chatham & Marlin El Real . . 114 | 200. 0 | 169. 0 | 58. 8 | 26. 0 | 2588 | Spain Royal George . 100 | 178. 0 | 143. 5½ | 51. 9¾ | 21. 6 | 2046 ⁸³/₉₃ | [undecipherable] 24. 18. 1756 & Woolwich Royal Sovereign . 100 | 175. 0 | | 50. 3 | 20. 1 | 1883 | Royal William . 100 new 84 | 175. 0 | 142. 0 | 50. 0 | 20. 1 | 1888 | Prince . . 90 | 168. 0 | | 48. 0 | 20. 2 | | Aug 8. 1750 Chatham by [undecipherable] Namur . . 90 | 174. 11 | 142. 3 | 48. 7½ | 20. 6 | 1789 ³⁴/₃₄ | Mar 3. 1756 Chatham by [undecipherable] Union . . 90 | 171. 2 | 132. 3 | 48. 8 | 20. 6 | 1792 ⁷/₃₃ | Sept 26. 1756. [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] Barfleur . . 90 | 164. 3 | | 48. 0 | | | Sandwich . . 90 | | | | | | Princess Amelia . 80 | 165. 0 | 134. 10½ | 47. 0 | 20. 0 | 1585 ³⁴/₃₄ | Ap. 14. 1789 Ch^m by Lock Burford . . 74 | 162. 0 | 134. 6 | 44. 8 | 19. 8 | 1426 ⁹⁷/₃₄ | May 6. 1767 Chat^m by Lock Lenox . . 74 | 165. 5 | | 46. 7 | | | Feb. 25. 1758 Chat^m by Lock Vanguard . . 70 | 160. 0 | 131. 4 | 45. 0 | 19. 4 | 1414 ⁵⁶/₃₄ | [undecipherable] of the Isle of Wight Elizabethill . . 70 new 64 | 151. 0 | . . . | 43. 5 | 17. 9 | 1224 | Princess Louisa . 60 | 147. 0 | 119. 9 | 32. 0 | 18. 1 | 1123 ⁵⁷/₃₄ | Limehouse Harley[?] Montague . . 64 | 157. 3 | 129. 5¾ | 42. 0 | 18. 6 | 1218 | Sheerness Dunkirk . . 60 | 153. 6 | 127. 12 | 42. 5 | 18. 9 | 1234 ²⁴/₃₄ | Woolwich Peppon . . 64 | 155. 0 | 129. 0 | 42. 5 | 18. 7 | 1246 ⁴²/₃₄ | D° Centurion . 60 new 54 | 144. 1½ | 117. 4½ | 40. 0 | 16. 5 | 1006 ³⁴/₃₄ | Jan. 6. 1733 Plymouth Nottingham . 60 | 144. 0 | | 41. 8 | 16. 11 | 1055 ³⁴/₃₄ | Tyger . . 60 new 50 | 140. 2 | | 40. 2 | 17. 2 | 975 ⁷⁷/₃₄ | Dec 22. 1743 Harwick Portland . . 50 | 140. 3 | 113. 9 | 40. 0 | 17. 2½ | 968 ³⁴/₃₄ | Limehouse Sadgrove Guernsey . . 50 | 134. 0 | | 38. 6 | 15. 9 | 853 | Breadth top — inter midship: 31. 6 Ludlow Castle . 44 | 126. 0 | 102. 0 | 36. 0 | 15. 5½ | 706 ⁵⁶/₃₄ | Rotherhithe Taylor Maidstone . . 28 | 118. 4 | 97. 3¾ | 33. 8 | 10. 6 | 587 ²⁰/₃₄ | Rochester Seward Tartar . . 28 | 117. 10 | 96. 8½ | 33. 8 | 10. 2 | 583 ³/₃₄ | Rotherhithe Randall Cumberland . 66 | 158. 0 | | 45. 5 | 18. 7 | 1400 | Sheerness . . 24 | 112. 0 | 91. 6 | 32. 0 | 11. 0 | 498 ⁹⁶/₃₄ | Rotherhithe Buxton Portsmouth Storeship . | 124. 0 | 100. 3 | 33. 8 | 14. 8 | 678 ³¹/₃₄ | [undecipherable] Southampton Plymouth Transport . | 77. 0 | 63. 4 | 22. 0 | 11. 0 | 453 ³/₃₄ | Bleeker Boreham Dimensions of the Valliant and Achilles 1759 — 74 [Table: mast and yard measurements for Valliant and Achilles] Mast (Long Yd^s in | Diameter Yd^s in) | Yards (Long Yd^s in | Diameter in) | Mast (Long Yd^s in | Diameter Yd^s in) | Yards (Long Yd^s in | Diameter in) main mast . | 38. 16 | 38¾ | 33. 29 | 24 | 31. 30 | 31 5/6 | 28. 29 | 20 9/8 top mast . | 23. 30 | 21¼ | 23. 5 | 14¾ | 19. 4 | 17 ¾ | 20. 27 | 13¾ gallant mast . | 11. 28 | 11½ | 14. 0 | 8¼ | 9. 25 | 9 ¾ | 14. 11 | 8¾ fore mast . | 34. 0 | 34 | 29. 18 | 20 1/6 | 28. 24 | 28½ | 25. 13 | 18 6/8 topmast . | 21. 0 | 21¼ | 21. 13 | 13 1/6 | 17. 16 | 17¼ | 18. 4 | 11 7/8 gallent mast . | 10. 18 | 10¾ | 13. 0 | 8 | 8. 28 | 8¾ | 12. 18 | 7¾ mizen mast . | 32. 24 | 20¾ | 30. 35 | 16½ | 27. 14 | 18¾ | 23. 22 | 13½ top mast . | 17. 2 | 14¾ | 16. 20 | 9¾ | 13. 26 | 11¼ | 13. 25 | 8¼ Bowsprit . | 23. 5 | 36 | 21. 18 | 13¾ | 21. 18 | 20 7/8 | 18. 4 | 11 7/8 Jibsail topsailyard . | | | 14. 0 | 8¼ | | | 12. 18 | 7¼ fo Jack yard . | | | 22. 0 | 13 6/6 | | | 18. 4 | 11¼ Flying Jib Boom . | 15. 18 | 12½ | | | 14. 8 | 12¼ | | 1761 Ocean 90 guns Panther ? 60 main mast . | 37. 12 | 37¾ | 32. 12 | 22 3/8 | 32. 24 | 32 7/8 | 29. 8 | 20¾ top mast . | 32. 0 | 19¾ | 23. 6 | 14¾ | 19. 0 | 17 1/6 | 21. 6 | 13¾ allant mast . | 11. 0 | 11. 0 | 15. 18 | 4 2/3 | 9. 31 | 9¾ | 14. 6 | 8¾ fore mast . | 33. 18 | 33½ | 28. 0 | 20 | 26. 30 | 28¾ | 25. 6 | 17 11/8 top mast . | 19. 24 | 19¾ | 20. 6 | 12 7/8 | 17. 10 | 17¾ | 18. 18 | 11¼ allent mast . | 9. 18 | 9¼ | 13. 18 | 8¾ | 18. 32 | 8¾ | 12. 18 | 7¾ mizen mast . | 32. 3 | 22¾ | 27. 10 | 15 | 27. 28 | 18 1/8 | 25. 0 | 13 top mast . | 15. 30 | 13½ | 15. 20 | 9¾ | 13. 22 | 11¾ | 14. 6 | 8¾ bow sprit . | 23. 22 | 33¾ | 20. 6 | 12¾ | 20. 0 | 29¾ | 18. 18 | 11½ fo Jack yard . | | | 20. 6 | 12 7/8 | | | | ying Jib Boom . | 16. 24 | 24¾ | 13. 18 | 8¾ | 14. 18 | 11¼ | | The Panther cost £15. 9^d per ton Thunder Bomb 11. 10^d per ton Two ships are to be built of the following dimensions. The thirty two gun ships to be of the following dimensions — The gun deck . . . . 132 feet 1 inch keel . . . . 110 ft 10¾ in. beam . . . . 34 ft 5½ in. hold . . . . 11 ft. above are the dimensions of the Arethusa King's Ship The twenty eight gun ships to be the following dimensions The gun deck . . . 124 ft 4 in. keel . . . 104 ft 8¾ in. ⎫ The Vestal beam . . . 33 ft 10¾ in. ⎬ King's Ship hold . . . 10 ft 8 in. ⎭ The ships being of those dimensions, they are to be so constructed as to sail fast, hold a good wind, carry a taught sail, and draw as little water as these dimensions, and advantages will admit of. One other to be the same dimensions of the Hero The above was given to me by M^r Robert Morris intended for frigates that were to be built at Philadelphia [John Wharton] War department, May 12. 1794 Sir Permit me to request the favor of your giving me your opinion on M^r Humphreys's model which you have seen, and upon the following points. M^r Humphreys's proportions are 147 feet keel — 43 feet beam — 14 feet hold — 7 feet between decks, and 7 feet waist, 3 feet dead rising at 2/3 the of the floor. 1. Whether long ships require their extreme breadth as far forward in proportion as shorter vessels — and