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  1. The deck is already in shape..
     
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    I decided to place square drains on the top deck. There are none in the plan, but all ships had them. Preparing the lath...
     
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    I studied the cannons: The ones in the plan look older..😳
     
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    At the end of the 16th century, cast cannons were already used. I've found a current build of a same age replica of Barents' ship from 1595, which already had cast cannons with a carriage with only front wheels. The build is based on archaeological findings of wrecks.. 1932134250_barentsovodlo.thumb.jpg.422f81f904f13452310aa5920c5a45ac.jpg
     
    A video of awreck of aSwedish ship Mars sunk in 1564, also with cast gun barrels.. 
     
    Regarding Roter Lowe (1597) there isn't much to be found, I've only found this on Wikipedia.. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roter_Löwe_(Schiff,_1597
     
    As to all the plans in the "Risse von Schiffen des 16./17. Jahrhunderts" book, I've read somewhere that these aren't very good reconstructions.. :default_wallbash:

     

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