Too high side ladder and planksheer?

[modeller_masa]

I have a question about the AL San Francisco cross section kit.

 

While I was checking reality with 1/50 paper figures, I found the position of side ladder a bit weird.

 

The wall is too high, and there is no inside ladder.

 

On the contrary, the Swedish Dutch ship Papegojan had an inside ladder.

It is suspicious that another gimmick filled the model ship without reality.

 

Did historical ships have this structure? If not, I'll simply remove the side ladder.

 

Edited April 22, 2023 by modeller_masa

[wefalck]

There may have been a rope-ladder inboard, for instance. Below is an example from a 19th century Portuguese frigate, but it shows the idea:

[modeller_masa]

Thanks, wefalck. It is very interesting structure. Old sailors invented many things beyond my imagination.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Fernando_II_e_Glória

The white ship may be this.

 

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by modeller_masa

[wefalck]

Indeed, that's her. The picture came from my own collection: https://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/maritime/lisboa/Fragata-Fernando.html. I was too lazy to spell out her rather longish name

 

 

Edited April 23, 2023 by wefalck