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  1. Hello everyone, I am a new member. I have recently joined the forum and introduced myself here 👇 I am starting a new construction log for a well known ship the HMS Surprise. It took me some reflexion and thinking to settle on that ship. So one might ask how i decided to build her and not another one. I am passionate by the islands of Polynesia. After a tchat with a colleague about Polynesia, the Bounty and the mutineers' descendants I started reading books about the discovery of these islands. Among them the excellent " The discovery of Tahiti" written by Dolphin's master George Robertson. One thing led to another, i found myself dragged into Patrick O'Brian serie and voilà. The HMS Surprise seems like a perfect choice for a lego construction. It is both an historical and fictional ship allowing for a personnal creation that will fit the restrictions imposed by the famous bricks. I have been through a lot of research online to find information about the ship. So far, this page has been of great help : http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Research_Surprise_01.htm So was this log by David @Navis Factorem what a magnificient work ! What is the next step for me ? Well I am gonna start creating a virtual model of the ship using Studio 2.0 a Lego creation software. It seems to me a mandatory step so that i have a better idea of the parts needed before i order them online through various second hand shops and individuals. Do i need help ? Yes ! So far i am struggling with the ship measurements. So if anyone can give me a better understanding of these numbers : The real Surprise was built as the French L'Unite from August, 1793, to April, 1794, at Le Havre, captured by the Royal Navy on April 20, 1796, and taken into service as the Surprise. Her specifications (taken from page 225 of Rif Winfield's "British Warships in the Age of Sail. 1793-1817", Chatham Publishing, 2005) were as follows: Length: 126' 0" Keel: 108' 6 1/8" Breadth: 31; 8" Depth: 10' 1/2" Tons burthen: 578 73/94 Once I have a better idea of the ship's dimension i can compare it to the Lego hull parts and figure out the scale. This is as far as I have been so far. Vincwat
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