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I am taking a break from my HMS Alfred to build the Washington Galley from the NRG plans. I will start with the obligatory shout outs: - The plan set by Jeff Staudt is fantastic. - I am using the timber package in Swiss pear from Crown Timberyard. The wood from Jason is beautiful and has been great to work with. I am also planning to use some of the extra castello boxwood from my Lumberyard Alfred timbering set, which is also very nice. - I have learned so much from all the build logs on this site, and I wouldn't even know where to start on a build like this or Alfred without all the tips and pictures from everyone. Thank you to all. Adam -
History: Source DICTIONARY OF American Naval Fighting ships There had been eight different ships named USS Washington.The third Washington—a lateen-rigged, two-masted galley—was built on Lake Champlain at Skenesboro N.Y., in the autumn of 1776. On 6 October 1776, the galley joined the small fleet established and commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. Washington—commanded by Brigadier General David Waterbury, Arnold's second in command—was among Arnold's ships that anchored in the lee of Valcour Island to await the expected English move. When that lakeward push began, Capt. Thomas Pringle, RN, led a 25-ship fleet past Valcour Island on 11 October. Pringle sighted the American fleet after he had passed it and attacked from leeward. In the ensuing action, Washington suffered the heaviest damage of any ship in Arnold's fleet; Waterbury, her commander, subsequently reported that she was ". . . so torn to pieces that it was almost impossible to keep her above water." Arnold regrouped his shattered fleet and slipped past the British on 12 October with muffled oars, the Americans slipping noiselessly past Pringle's fleet in a desperate attempt at escape. However, after a long chase, the British caught the retreating Continental force the following day, on 13 October, at Split Rock near Crown Point. Arnold managed to beach and destroy four of the galleys and his own flagship, Congress, while most of the remaining ships escaped upriver. Only Washington —at the rear of the van—was captured by the enemy; she struck her colors, as Arnold reported later, "... after receiving a few broadsides." Washington was eventually taken into British service, apparently retaining her name, and was re-rigged as a brig. Her subsequent fate, however, is unrecorded. The Model: The model was designed by Jeff Staudt and is one of several he designed in a series of models of ships used during the war of 1812. The building board I use is a gantry type and I thought I would include a couple pictures of it with the framing plan in place.
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HI ALL I THOUGHT ID LAUNCH A NEW TOPIC TO RUN IN PARALELL WITH CHUCKS CUTTER CHEERFUL. PLANS HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND STUDIED FROM THE NRG. PRACTICUM HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED.....I HAD THIS SPIRAL BOUND AT A LOCAL PRINT SHOP JUST TO KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER. BOXWOOD HAS BEEN ORDERED AND DELIVERED....IN 2 DAYS!!!!! I WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO ORDER THE PRECUT PACKAGE FROM CROWN TIMBER.......HOWEVER WHILST I DO NOT DOUBT THE QUALITY OF JASONS PRODUCTS THE COST OF DELIVERY PLUS 20% VAT AND POST OFFICE HANDLING FEES WOULD HAVE PUSHED THE PRICE TO CLOSE ON £400. I USUALLY USE A COUPLE OF COMPANYS FOR TIMBER ONE BEING ARKOWOOD AND THE OTHER BEING TIMBERLINE IN KENT ,UK. I PHONED TIMBERLINE AND SPOKE TO BOB GIVING HIM A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS ( SCANTLING LIST IN BACK OF PRACTICUM) ALL IN IMPERIAL DIMENSIONS. THAT WAS YESTERDAY MORNING. AT LUNCHTIME TODAY TNT TURNED UP WITH A NICE BIG PARCEL. ALL BOXWOOD TIMBER PROCESSED TO THE RELAVANT THICKNESSES IE THE CLOSEST METRIC EQUIVALENT. THE 1/4 INCH THICK WORKS OUT AT 6.35MM.......AND IT IS!! THE SAME APPLIES TO ALL OTHER THICKNESSES. HOWS THAT FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE? I CAN HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOB AND HIS TEAM HAVING DEALT WITH THEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. THE ONLY THING WORTH MENTIONING IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO PLANE A STRAIGHT EDGE ON SOME OF THE TIMBER SHEETS.....HOW HARD IS THAT FOR A MODELMAKER?....AS THE SHEETS ARE CUT FROM A FAIRLY ROUGH SAWN BILLET. I DIDNT ORDER ANY 1/16 AS IALREADY HAD SOME ON STOCK. THE 1/32 IS MAINLY FOR DECK PLANKING FOR WHICH I INTEND TO USE SOME ENGLISH HOLLY. AND THE PRICE FOR ALL THAT LOVELY BOXWOOD (IN 1METRE LENGTHS) ? INCLUDING VAT AND DELIVERY IT CAME TOO £164 A SIGNIFICANT SAVING FOR ME. BUILDING BOARD HAS BEEN PREPARED SO I GUESS WERE READY TO START. BUT FIRST FOUR NIGHT SHIFTS HAVE TO BE GOT OUT OF THE WAY! CHEERS............MICK
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My plans and wood have arrived! I have to be out of town for a few days, but, upon my return, I will begin my build board. I'm excited to get started but a bit anxious as well. This is a long ways out of my comfort zone but something I have always wanted to do. I'm looking forward to the journey 😊
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Hi all, welcome to my build. This will mostly be a pictorial rendition of the Washington. Every body likes pictures. I'm not going to tell this crowd how to build ships. There are other excellent build logs of this ship in progress and I'm pretty sure this will not be better than those but I will do my best. This is my first scratch build so I'm riding the learning curve. Feel free to over suggestions,criticisms ect.. or ask questions. The main structure of the vessel is going to be Cherry. I'll use Holly for the deck planking, Swiss Pear for the hull planking and some Walnut for the Wales and deck bits. This should give some nice color contrast. I did the keel in three sections as "Yamsterman" suggested did make the rabbit much easier to work. So without any farther Adieu here are some pics.
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Hey howya goin all, this will be my forth build log of a ship. I bought these plan from NRG's website <--- Click here, I got this to help support the site and give me my first try at scratch building. It is a good first scratch build ship to cut your teeth on, I do recommend it, it's not to expensive aswell, you get 10 sheets of plans with all the frames already worked out for you, you can download the timber list and a monograph on how to build her. I will be building this ship just after I start my longboats, one thing good about getting this from NRG is the timber list is already done for you, all I have to do is decide what kind of timber I want to use and I've been thinking about this alot, Iv'e decided to use Castello Boxwood for most of it, and ebony wales and railing, don't know yet what to use for the decking maybe holly. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS just a few things you will find in the monograph Figure 1 - Building Board 9 Figure 2 - Keel Construction 10 Figure 3 - Finishing the Keel 10 Figure 4 - Bow Construction 10 Figure 5 - Stern Construction Figure 6 - Placing Keel on Building Board 11 Figure 7 - Alignment Fixture at Bow 11 Figure 8 - Square Frame Detail 12 Figure 9 - Placement of Midship Frame 12 Figure 10 - Frame Alignment Procedure 12 Figure 11 - Frame Construction Detail 13 Figure 12 - Aft Frame Bevel Detail 13 Figure 13 - Square Half Frames at Bow 14 Figure 14 - Square Half Frames at Stern 14 Figure 15 - Installation of Gun Deck Transom 14 Figure 16 - Installation of Cant Frames 15 Figure 17 - Installation of Counter Timbers 15 Figure 18 - Installation of Transom Beam 15 Figure 19 - Installation of Quarter Deck Transom Figure 20 - Stern Transom Completed Figure 21 - Bow Cant Frame Installation 17 and Filling Pieces 16 Figure 22 - Hawse Piece Installation 17 Figure 23 - Bow Completed 17 Figure 24 - Keelson at Bow 18 Figure 25 - Keelson at Stern 18 Figure 26 - Keelson at Midship 18 Figure 27 - Hull Framing and Deck Clamps 19 Figure 28 - Main Mast Step Installation 19 Figure 29 - Mast and Capstan Step Locations 20 Figure 30 - Limber Passage at Midship 20 Figure 31 - Limber Strake and Board Figure 32 - Limber Strake and Board Figure 33 - Thickstuff and Planking at Midship 22 Installation 21 Installation at Stern 22 Figure 34 - Thickstuff and Planking Figure 35 - Breasthook Installation 23 Figure 36 - Crutch and Riding Bitt Installation 24 Installation 23 Figure 37 - Elevation of Platform at Midship 24 Figure 38 - Platform Installation 25 Figure 39 - Well Assembly 26 Figure 40 - Well Installation 26 Figure 41 - Shot Locker Assembly and Installation 27 Figure 42 - Stove Assembly 27 Figure 43 - Stove Assembly and Installation 28 Figure 44 - Hold Components Completed 28 Figure 45 - Gun Deck 29 Figure 46 - Deck Beam 29 Figure 47 - Gun Deck at Well Location 30 INTRODUCTION The Continental Galley Washington was a lateen-rigged, two-masted row galley built in the autumn of 1776 on Lake Champlain at Skenesboro N.Y. On October 6 1776, she joined the small fleet established and commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. The fleet consisted of schooners Royal Savage, Revenge and Liberty. Also the sloop Enterprise, and 8 gundalows outfitted as gunboats: New Haven, Providence, Boston, Spitfire, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Jersey, New York, and the cutter Lee. Washington was among three row galleys built, the others being the Congress and Trumbull. During the Battle Arnold commanded the fleet from the galley Congress. A couple of pics of the plans.
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The galley Washington will be my very first ship model build. I decided to start with a scratch model as I know I will enjoy making everything myself. I'm sure there will be a lot trying and failing, but that's part of the learning process, and It will just make it a little more challenging. I bought the NRG plans and they are very thorough and nicely done. I would have preferred the frames to have been shown as parts rather than drawn as complete to save making so many copies for the patterns, but it's no big deal and I am quite happy with them. I downloaded the excellent free practicum to guide me through the build and also the material list. I had some planks of basswood) that I use for figure carving and so I decided to use those for my main building material. I have some other species for trim, wales, etc. I have gotten all the materials dimensioned and sanded, so I am ready to go. So far I have made the keel, bow, and stern and mounted the construction on a building board. I followed the practicum for the building board set-up. It was great to learn that the work was very enjoyable and with the added advantage that I can do most of it while sitting down, which is an advantage at my age. I hope to start with the first frames tomorrow. You might notice my first mistake in my progress photos below. I extended the rabbet all the way to the to the back of the stern post instead of stopping it where the stern post meats the deadwood. Luckily I can fix this, so I don't have to do the whole keel over again! Any comments, including criticism, are very welcome. I would also like to point out that the POF build logs you folks have posted have been a great help to get me started, including the several wonderful Washington build logs. I wouldn't have tried ship modeling if it weren't for the massive amount of know-how available on this site.
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