-
Content Count
1,758 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Edwardkenway reacted to a post in a topic: Them Old Jokes
-
thibaultron reacted to a post in a topic: Them Old Jokes
-
lmagna reacted to a post in a topic: Them Old Jokes
-
If cats were human:
-
uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: Gunwale details 1800 schooner
-
mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Gunwale details 1800 schooner
-
allanyed reacted to a post in a topic: Gunwale details 1800 schooner
-
Mark P reacted to a post in a topic: Gunwale details 1800 schooner
-
DelF reacted to a post in a topic: Them Old Jokes
-
Edwardkenway reacted to a post in a topic: Them Old Jokes
-
mtaylor reacted to a post in a topic: Gunwale details 1800 schooner
-
Roger Pellett reacted to a post in a topic: Gunwale details 1800 schooner
-
This horizontal dashed line, above the cap-rail, might be an attempt to gain an extra inch or so in the port, because it was about to receive a carronade which the schooner was not originally designed for. Carronades required extra height, compared to an equivalent weight long gun, due to their bottom ring-trunnion mount. Because at full elevation, the run out carronade had to clear the cap rail. It would have been expensive to rebuilt the vessel with higher timbers, but iron cap-rail height extenders (for lack of a better term), would buy the needed room. I've seen this done before in iron (H
-
What if Dogs were Human?
-
uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: Star Of India by Kathy Teel - FINISHED - iron bark
-
uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: American sailing warships with no plans or records
-
"Tell It To Her", by Pat Benatar:
-
Lost voices from HMS Guerriere: Court Martial testimony.
uss frolick replied to uss frolick's topic in Nautical/Naval History
While no plans survive of HMS Guerriere, either in French or English archives we do have an idea what she looked likeLa Guerierre was built at Cherbourg to a design of an engineer named La Fosse. We do know that she was begun as a Romaine Class frigate, a smaller 24-pounder type, but lengthened into a standard 18-pounder ship on the stocks. Nine were built and completed to the original design. We know what the original class looked like, because the original French builders draught survives, and two of the class were taken, L'Immortalite and La Desiree', and their draughts survive in the NMM. -
I have the full set of plans of Imperiuse. They include that drawing in 1/2 inch scale, and another in the same scale of her stern decorations. She is a very lovely ship. They are marked as taken off following her repair in 1809.
-
From Russia With Love:
-
Marcus.K. started following uss frolick
-
Update: This series is turning out to be really good. There was nearly ten hours on The Surgeon's Mate alone, divided up into nine pats. Great discussions, and many episodes feature special guests, who are experts of specific topics, such as medicine, period formal parties, music, sailing, history, etc.
About us
Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research
SSL Secured
Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured
NRG Mailing Address
Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917
Helpful Links
About the NRG
If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.
The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.
The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.