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This will be my log for the Falmouth. First some history. 1750 " Falmouth," East Indiaman, was commenced by Mr. Perry on 1752 the 22nd of August, 1750, and launched on the 14th of August, 1752, a copy of one of the elaborate plans of this vessel now hanging in the office at Blackwall is here given. In this year Mr. Perry's wife, Ann Perry, died at the age of thirty-six. Taken from "Chronicles of Blackwall Yard" by Henry Green and Robert Wigram 1881 It was the first trading vessel of the English Indiaman Companies and showed a close resemblance to a warship in sail plan and rigging, with the most up-to-date reef-points to her topsails The ship was equipped with a large amount of artillery, unusual for the trading vessels of that period. In that she was run along the lines of naval discipline was due to the fact that the vessel could sail alone without any convoy ship, since its rich load was a good bounty for all the enemy vessels and pirate ships. The Falmouth could easily combat a war-ship of the same tonnage, thanks to its crew of 180 experienced men including the best trained gunners. The superiority of the crew was partly due to the incentive granted to each gunman allowing each individual to transport his own 5 tonnage of goods there and 2 tonnage back. These goods were usually sold as smuggled goods to the black market. The Falmouth was of 499 tons and was in service until 1764 completing five voyages for the East India Company under the Captain George Hepburn. She was lost on her sixth voyage, wrecked at Sogar Bank in 1766. (From the Euromodel site) Just some first pictures It only took ten days from the US to Norway by regular post, I was impressed. No wonder the box was so heavy... Having the inlaws visit for two weeks put the start off a little, but tonight I got to dry fit the frames Will fix that one bulkhead..
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