Description of Proportions for 44 Gun Frigates
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Description of Proportions for 44 Gun Frigates
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).
short description
Ltr, des proportions re 44 gun Frigates
author
recipient
in collection
in image
note
DEI Complete, but no image attached.
notable person/group
Josiah Fox
Joshua Humphreys
officers
notable item/thing
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
notable phrase
scupper between each port
magazine to be of sufficient capacity to contain 600 barrels of gunpowder
cuttle to pass the cartridge
memorandums of the stations of inboard work of the 44 gun frigates
passage around the filling room as small as possible on each side
admit a man to pass
work between decks
keep the after platform as low as possible
slight deck over the filling room
below the lower deck
document number
9999999955101
page start
1
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (0 pages) | BBD25 (0 pages) | Collection: Josiah Fox (1763 - 1847) Letterbook Papers. Reel #5 Series 1 Naval Architecture Shipbuilding Papers | P: 2 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joshua Humphreys | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Josiah Fox | [unknown] | [n/a] |