HMS Victory Pump Well and Shot locker dimensions

[Darius359au]

I'm looking at building the Corel HMS Victory Cross section and there's one rather obvious omission  is the pump well/shot locker - can anyone point me to plans or information with the dimensions ? , my googlefu's failed me so any help would be appreciated.

[allanyed]

Hi Darious

Have you looked at the contemporary inboard profile and orlop deck plans of Victory on the RMG Collections site?   Each drawing has a scale so you can get a measurement then adjust for whatever scale your model is.   https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-79912   and   https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-79914     These are low resolution so it may be a little difficult, but they are free.  If you are going into that kind of detail you may want to consider purchasing the high res plans from RMG.   These are from when Victory was launched in 1765 so there may be differences, but you can also get the well and shot locker dimensions for first rates in Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships on pages 117 and 118.  These dimensions are taken from The Shipbuilder's Repository 1788 and Steel's The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture, 1805.

Allan

 

 

[druxey]

Longridge's book The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships has good plans by G.F. Campbell.

[Darius359au]

1 hour ago, allanyed said:

Hi Darious

Have you looked at the contemporary inboard profile and orlop deck plans of Victory on the RMG Collections site?   Each drawing has a scale so you can get a measurement then adjust for whatever scale your model is.   https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-79912   and   https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-79914     These are low resolution so it may be a little difficult, but they are free.  If you are going into that kind of detail you may want to consider purchasing the high res plans from RMG.   These are from when Victory was launched in 1765 so there may be differences, but you can also get the well and shot locker dimensions for first rates in Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships on pages 117 and 118.  These dimensions are taken from The Shipbuilder's Repository 1788 and Steel's The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture, 1805.

Allan

 

 

 

17 minutes ago, druxey said:

Longridge's book The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships has good plans by G.F. Campbell.

Allanyed thanks, I had found the 1st plan but not the second one , I probably should get the scantling book to add to the library.

Druxey I completely forgot i've got anatomy of nelsons ships on kindle , cross section plan was staring me in the face...

[allanyed]

A little more info from the scantlings book.  

 

 

 

[Darius359au]

Allanyed thanks for the image , that give me something to go on with!

[Darius359au]

On 7/23/2023 at 11:09 AM, druxey said:

Longridge's book The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships has good plans by G.F. Campbell.

The Kindle version of this turned out to be a waste , there are no images of the plans except for 1 cross section! I've managed to get a copy of it  through an antiquarian bookseller here in Australia at a reasonable price compared to what was being asked online when I went looking for a copy.

[allanyed]

8 hours ago, Darius359au said:

a reasonable price compared to what was being asked online

I see copies listed in very good condition for US $5.  Abe Books has a great reputation and they are one of several sources  https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31527379389&ref_=ps_ggl_18382194370&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade0to10-_-product_id=COM9780853440918USED-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwib2mBhDWARIsAPZUn_nGDa5BJUHKzwKOPtXMJLF1aGxaUQ8u_v1_4yHgD4oSwu-HbVkPBVcaApm-EALw_wcB