Discussion of Construction of 36 and 44 Gun Frigates, & Dangers During Launch
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Discussion of Construction of 36 and 44 Gun Frigates, & Dangers During Launch
Description
Letter, discusses 36 and 44 gun Frigate construction; describes dangers of launching Frigate; discusses descent of keel.
short description
Ltr, dis descent of keel re Frigates.
year created
1795
month created
02
day created
07
author
recipient
in collection
in microfilm
note
Cited in Humphreys to Fox, 05/13/1795, and Stodder to Pickering, 05/17/1795.
cited note
Cited document sent from one element of the war office to another
notable person/group
Timothy Pickering
Joshua Humphreys
notable location
Norfolk
Virginia
notable item/thing
keel
frigate
launching
ship
boat
vessel
gun
guns
oak
white oak
beams
auger
ripper
mortice
saw
salt
wedge
deck
copper
sheathing
bolts
frames
futtock
timber
deadwood
iron
notable phrase
keel of the frigate is laid with very little descent that I conceive to be improper
launching
ship's keel should be laid without any or a very small descent
make it much more dangerous in launching
guarded against in the most particular manner for when the launching ways are laid with a sufficient descent
every person acquainted with launching must acknowledge is very dangerous in order to prevent any thing of the kind
suggest the idea of requiring from the different builders the descent they mean to lay their keel with or direct that none should be laid with less descent than 3/4 of an inch to a foot
36 gun frigate
44 gun ships
order to give a durability to the white oak beams
propose they should be bored in each and with a two & half inch or three inch auger
ripper side
arms of the knees are long
mortice a small place in a vertical direction at the end of the hole large enough to take a small whip saw
place the beam through the middle
holes on the end should then be fill'd with salt
wedge should be drove in the middle of the beam to open the cut one half inch
fill it with salt before the deck is laid
corrosive qualities
copper sheathing
destroy the lower bolts of the frames
remedy that evil
propriety of having the lower bolts through the heel of the first futtock
timber
36 gun frigate
water that will generally remain in the ship
take the liberty of recommending the lower or first futtock heels to run on the deadwood
give great support to the futtock
frames are directed to be bolted with iron
document number
1795020740001
page start
1
number of pages
4
