Storage of barrels in the hold

[kapiteinhadock]

Hello all,

 

Im building a cross section of HMS Victory.I put two barrels across on top of the ballast on PS and now I was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for the storage of barrels, longitudinal as on SB or across as on PS ?

 

Kind regards, Jantje

 

[Ensign]

They were stored both ways it seems. According to the book 'Anatomy of the ship Diana' barrels were stored oriented fore and aft in a bed of shingle ballast with more barrels stored on top of them athwartships, presumably well secured. So it appears both methods are correct.

 

Gary

[lagrayjr]

Look at

LE BONHOMME RICHARD by Jeronimo

Page 24 Laman

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[druxey]

I imagine the boatswain would arrange to have the cargo stacked in the most economic way of using the spaces available: kind of Tetris like!

[kapiteinhadock]

Thanks all,
My boatswain stored them like this. The hold is almost empty probably its the end of the trip. I'm going to coil some rope on the rack to fill it up a bit more.

 

 

Jantje

[dafi]

Not necessairily it was empty at the end of the trip: Empty barrels were filled with sea water to readjust the trim because of the lack of weight :-)

 

XXXDAn