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JULY 19
1545
Henry VIII's Mary Rose sinks in the Solent during an engagement with the French fleet.
1777
HMS Lowestoffe (32), Cptn. William Locker, (2nd. Lt. Horatio Nelson) arrives at Port Royal, Jamaica.
1805
HMS Blanche (36), Cptn. Zachary Mudge, taken and destroyed by French Topaze (44), Department des Landes (20), Torche (18) and Faune (16) some 150 miles north of Puerto Rico.
1806
HMS Blanche (38), Cptn. Thomas Lavie, captured French frigate Guerriere (50) off the Farroes.
1810
Squadron of 6 Danish brigs departing from Norway, under Cmdr. Johannes Krieger, defeats a British convoy of 47 merchant ships in the Skagerak.
1812
USS Constitution (44), Isaac Hull, escapes from British squadron after 3 day chase off New Jersey
1821
Earl St. Vincent confirmed in rank of Admiral of the Fleet
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JULY 18
1775
Continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels
1779
Commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War.
1792
John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France
1798
HMS Aigle (38) wrecked off Cape Farina, Spain.
1799
HMS Alcmene (32), Cptn. G. Hope, and boats captured two Spanish vessels.
1813
USS President (44), John Rodgers, sinks British brig Daphne off the Irish coast.
1815
French convoy captured by HMS Ferret (14), William Ramsden, HMS Fly (18).
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i will be following this project with interest, but have noticed that the stringers will possibly hinder any internal work you have planned and they also looks like they have taken quite an acute angle on the bow, thats how it appears to me looking at the photo,
all the best
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Happy Birthday
from just up the M5 Bridgwater
have a nice warm day
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JULY 17
1788
A Russian fleet of 17 ships of the line under Admiral Samuel Greig met the Swedish fleet of 15 ships of the line under Prince Karl, Duke of Södermanland, off Hogland Island, Gulf of Finland. Greig's flagship, Rostislav (100), forced the surrender of Prins Gustav (70), Vice-Admiral Gustav Wachtmeister and the Swedes disabledVladislav (74), which also surrendered to Kronprins Gustav Adolf (62). The fighting continued for six hours, and the fleets only separated after dark with the Swedish ships beginning to run out of ammunition.
1805
HMS Ariadne (24), Cptn. Hon. Edward King, and consorts engaged off Boulogne.
HMS Orestes (16), Thomas Browne, ran aground on the Splitter Sands off Gravelines and was burnt to prevent capture by the enemy.
1810
HMS Euryalus (36), Cptn. George Heneage Dundas, engaged a French 74 off Toulon.
1858
U.S. sloop Niagara departs Queenstown, Ireland, to assist in laying first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
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Nice to see you back
All the best
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this is where i got the info from - hope it helps, also looks like a poor way of doing it - but hey ho - perhaps im wrong again
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this is the best i can do
deadeys are inserted into the band
one lug is turned 90 degs and one end of the band in inserted then the 2nd lug turned to lock into posion
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although i tend to use a permanent market on one edge of each board - i still get some bleeding, other prefer using card, which gives a nice result, i hope your way works
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i am interested to see how much the planks will clean up, i had guessed the ink would stain through the full depth of the plank
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Hi, I just now found your build. Looks very nice, and of course a lot of very hard and skilled work.
thankyou - have you seen Gil Middleton's version - a lot further ahead than myself - but an absolute gem of of build,
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JULY 16
1761
HMS Thunderer (74), Cptn. Charles Proby, and HMS Thetis (44) took Achille (54) and frigate Bouffon off Cadiz
1773
HMS Resolution, Cmdr. James Cook, and HMS Adventure, arrived Tahiti.
1797
HMS Anson (44), Cptn. Philip Charles Durham, and HMS Sylph (18), Cptn. John Chambers White, destroyedCalliope (32) off Ushant
1798
HMS Gardland (28), Cptn. James Athol Wood, wrecked off Madagascar.
1806
Boats of British squadron under Commodore Sir Samuel Hood cut out Cesar (16), Lt. Louis-François-Hector Fourré, from the mouth of the Gironde
1812
Boats of HMS Osprey (18), Timothy Clinch, and HMS Britomart (10), William Buckley Hunt, captured French privateer Eole (5) off Heligoland.
1862
US Congress creates rank of Rear Admiral. David G. Farragut is named the first Rear Admiral
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Hi all,
We decided to keep our trip to Sydney to a day trip, so although that made for a long day (nine hours of driving all up), it did allow me to spend most of the day today in the man-cave (er, I mean shipyard
)First job was to install some framework for the Sternsheets in my little Launch:
Then the Sternsheets themselves, which were cut to size from some Pear sheet stock:
I trimmed the sternsheets with Holly, in the same way as the Thwarts, and then scored a line across the athwartships seat, to give the suggestion of an opening lid, but diidn't think to add some "hinges" until later in the day:
Next up, the windlass. This was made from some 1/16" sq boxwood that was shaped to octagonal form with the exception of the part for the handles. Copper wire pins were inserted in the ends for mounting in the launch.
The handles for the windlass were made from some scrap 1/32" sq box that was drawn through the Byrnes Drawplate to a No. 29 hole. Here is the assembled windlass in the Launch, and yes, it does actually work!
The cap rails were next:
And then the Thole pins, which were also made from copper wire, blackened with Liver of Sulphur.
Another reminder of the scale of this thing. It fits in my hand between the base of my thumb and the end of my middle finger:
And here it is stowed on the skid beams:
And finally, a last minute idea. I made some "hinges" by attaching some tiny pieces of 28 gauge black annealed wire.
That pretty much completes the launch as far as I want to take it. As the boats would be stowed without their rudders, I'm inclined to not make one. I'm also in two minds as to whether or not to make a bunch of oars - I think probably not, but I may change my mind a bit further down the track. I also have not made the stern davit for the launch, nor the bowsprit step post. Again, some details I might decide to add later.
For now, I think I'm satisfied with where it's at and I'm ready to return to the Running Rigging next week. Oh goodie - a "block party"!
lol - thats a lot of work to - just go and cover with some material to keep the wain out
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wonderful - stunning work
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in this shot she looks far wider at the stern (the area across the ballast tanks), might be an optical illision
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imo i would continue down so any gore line would be hidden under the waist of the ship
For anyone not understanding the gore line - it is where the tiles down meet the tiles from the keel up, and in some cases you would end up with a row or two of cut tiles to infill - hence gore/scare line, by continuing down this line would be hidden under the belly of the build