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Speedwell, 1752, was a ketch rigged sloop of the Cruizer class. Designed by John Ward and Built by Thomas Slade after plans of the yacht Royal Caroline, known for her excellent sailing characteristics. Her keel was laid at Chatham 11.2.1752 and she was launched 21.10.1752 and coppered shortly thereafter. As befitting most ships of her size she patrolled the Channel and Home waters off England but did sail to North America in 1757. She was refitted as the fireship Spitfire in 1779 before decommissioning in 1780. I am building Speedwell from the plans drafted by David Antscherl, who based his reconstruction on plans and documents in the NMM collection. A contemporary model of her is in the museum collection and may be viewed at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/317/media-317093/large.jpg In order to accommodate the eight cannons the hull had to be pierced for gunports and some very interesting toptimber arrangements were drafted to accommodate these. A sample of the interesting shifts and casts are shown in the first photo. For now I am just posting photos of the construction process without text but will add it later if requested. Currently, I am fairing the inside of the hull, a tedious but satisfying part of the process.
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Echo by jml1083 - cross-section
dvm27 replied to jml1083's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Excellent job, Jim,!I am working on recreating and restoring all the files to the Echo cross-section forum. Should have them back in a week. Greg -
That's a very clever round up jig for the gratings. I assume you've rubber cemented sandpaper inside? I'm going to steal that one. Also, do you make your coamings and head ledges to fit your gratings or do your gratings always fit into the assembly with perfect, full rows? Can't just be dumb luck every time! Greg
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Thanks for getting your log up again so soon, Mark. Thank also for the NMM photos. Were they taken by you in a private showing? I hadn't notice the trundelhead carving before. It's quite lovely. Equally impressive are the perfection of your fillers between the frames. Have you noticed any expansion or contraction of any joints? A few of mine popped open when I took the hull from my climatically stable workshop to a warmer part of the house. Greg
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Great save, Remco. I had forgotten about your marvelous hold diorama consisting of ballast, pig iron, weaved basket and barrels. At what point, if any, will you find it convenient to add the items permanently into the hold? Greg
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