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This is fantastic. I am researching the HMS Barham which started out as a 3rd rate ship of the line and was the flagship of the British Navy in the West Indies. It was razeed in 1826 and ran aground on Bonaire in 1829. Do you have a 3d digital Model of this with unfurled sails? Your model looks very close to the Barham. I am researching the ship for a film I would like to make. 

On 3/21/2020 at 5:52 PM, Martes said:

Another ship in my "monstrous frigate" series: the HMS Vernon (1832):

 

 

Considered at that time an experimental frigate, she was very large (similar in size to 80-gun ship), and one of the first to be constructed with some ergonomics in mind (space between decks increased to 7 feet, for example), and carried her guns at 10 feet above the waterline. The stern is also interesting - it's actually an extended round (elliptic) construction with a very conservative sternboard attached to it to make the appearance more classic.

I have a weakness for the works of William Symonds, apparently.

This is fabulous. I am looking for a rezee'd 3d Model of a ship called the HMS Barham. The Barham was razeed around 1827 and went from a 74 gun ship to a 50 gun ship. The Barham ran aground on the island of Bonaire in 1829. The Barham was the flagship of the British navy in the West Indies at the time. This looks very much like it. Do you have a 3D Model which includes sails unfurled? 

On 2/5/2020 at 4:10 PM, Martes said:

And I went into rebuilding the 74 for a reason.

 

I used the Vindictive plans on the hull of the Colossus (which will explain a slightly different gunport arrangement and a straight stem). The elaborate semi-elliptic stern with hanging quarter galleries is especially interesting.

 

So we have a frigate of a size of a battleship, with comparable armament, built to 1830's specification over a hull with lines designed in 1740's. Lacks only steam engine for complete madness, and even that's not impossible.

 

For me it was a long dream, to actually and properly razee something

 

 

Interesting, that most of the large post-war British frigates, starting with the Vernon, were, more or less, similar to those converted frigates, both in size and in armament, as if the Admiralty, after long decades got the idea that it just may be easier to design a large frigate from the beginning, than to build a two-decker and then cut it.