HMS Jason by Beef Wellington - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Artois-class frigate modified from HMS Diana 1794

[Landlubber Mike]

3 hours ago, Beef Wellington said:

Hi Mike - yes they do taper, and I took exactly the same approach used for the quarterdeck planking described in post #668, being about 3mm at the bow and 3.8mm at the waist, and re-used an appropriate section of the template used to shape the quarterdeck planks rather than creating a new one.  I've found that until you really get well into it, the curve is rather hard to discern, but the good news is that there isn't the same constraint as on the quarterdeck to terminate against the waterway.

 

 

Ouch sorry Jason, I hadn't scrolled up to read your approach.  Thanks for passing it along, very clever!

[Beef Wellington]

Foc's'l Planking Wrap-up:

 

Foc's'l and gangway planking is now complete.  Hopefully photo's tell the story.

 

The position of the cathead has been estimated, and a rather bizare planking arrangement was used to hopefully ensure that this will look OK once the cathead is finally installed, basically wanted the planking to be as prototypical as possible, although this will mean staring at a rather jarring joint until this is installed.  The second photo in the series below shows how I'm anticipating this will look once the cathead is in place, and which will essentially hide the joint of the waterway and the artificial planking arrangement.  Once the angle of the plank-waterway termination was less than 45 deg, a switch was made to hooking the ends of the planks, and each of these had to be cut and shaped from 6mm strip (these were tapered the same as before)

The process was continued until the area was complete.  The only deviation being that the last 2 planks on each side were tweaked a little more to try to get these as even looking as possible, and of course the last plank being the most laborious to get an acceptable fit. It is hard to see in the photos, but the curve of the plank can be challenge to ensure that the simulated caulking looks as consistent as possible.  I eperience this challenge on the quaterdeck as well, but a solution that helped here was the use of thin plates of clear mica to help position these as consistently as possible until glue sets (I use PVA glue almost exclusively for planking).

The gangway planking in the waste was pretty straightforward, (in fact the only non-shaped planks on the entire top deck) and comprised almost my last acceptable pieces 4mm maple strip.  It was very close, but I did not run out thankfully.  Photo below shows how the gangway planking 'sits' on the lip of the entryway platforms that form part of the quarterdeck.  The gangway does not have a waterway.

Finally, some overall shots of the top deck, the foc's'l has not been scraped or cleaned up at all yet, which will be the next task.  The question I ask myself is whether the time and effort to taper the foc's'l planking was worth it.  I suspect that anyone looking at this would never notice as the final effect is very subtle, but I can't help but feel that the reason this is hard to see is simply because it complements the shape of the foc's'l without drawing attention to itself.  Overall, I am very pleased with the result, and with this almost complete, it will be nice to be able to turn to other tasks.

[Gahm]

Fantastic work, Jason!

 

Thomas

[Theodosius]

Beautiful ship and excellent build! 

[Chuck]

Very nice work.

[allanyed]

Jason

Anyone  building a kit model should spend an hour or two studying your build log.  You are showing what can be done to modify the plethora of unattractive items  found in the majority of kit models into an expertly done piece of craftsmanship.   

Kudos

Allan

[JpR62]

What a beautiful deck, Jason. It's really a fantastic job.

[BANYAN]

Wonderfully executed planking Jason, up to your usual very high standrad

 

Cheers

 

Pat

[dunnock]

I'm just catching up with your log again. Superb work on the planking Jason. I will soon be at the stage of planking the forecastle and I think that I will take your approach rather than joggling the planks into the waterway as depicted in the AotS. I makes a much neater finish to my eye.

 

David

[Robert29]

 Beautiful detailed work Jason.  That extra attention to detail with of course your craftsmanship makes all the difference in a model build. Just awesome.

 

Robert

[Beef Wellington]

Hancing pieces and volutes....

 

I'm a little embarrassed that it has been so long that I've been away, somewhat from the shipyard but also this wonderful site.  With the weather starting to turn and a bit more available time it seemed a good time to get back into things and try to pick up from a point that I left a little disheartened so many months ago.  To be able to move forward, I had to come up with a solution for the hancing pieces which should then really allow much of the final hull form to be finalised.  The problem I faced stemmed from the fact that I had to come up with a hancing piece volute 6mm high (per NMM plans) to transition the upper rails into the waist, and following a profile already established for the other rails.  Although these are not large details, they are features that to my eye need to be sufficiently elegant and accurate to avoid detracting from the lines of the hull.  I tried many different approaches, but here is the one that worked best for me and provided a method of construction that allowed consistent results.  I'll apologize in advance for quality of the photographs, I was so focused on the work and forgot to check the photo quality as I progressed.

 

2.2 mm holes were drilled using a pin vise into some 2mm pear wood (actually 1.5mm + 0.5mm pear laminated together cross grain because I didn't have any 2mm sheet stock), this matches the starting thickness used for the upper rails which started as 2x2mm square strip.  (A 2.2mm hole was found through visual trial and error to introduce the gradual narrowing of the rail into the end of the volute).  A 1.5mm diameter recess was then carefully made at the edge using a round needle file at 45deg to the bottom of the hole.  Each 'blank' was then cut from the sheet, given a slight reduced profile using an exacto blade, and a thin cut made above the filed lobe (explanation below). 

Small sections of 1.5mm diameter pear dowel were then glued into the 1.5mm recess, so they very slightly protruded above the top of the block.  Sufficient PVA glue was used to ensure that these were well bonded.  Once dry, a the top of the blanks were gently cut back and carefully finished against a circular sander so that the top edge of the blank was tangential to the top of the 2.2mm drilled hole (the cut previously made above the recess allows this section to release easily as it will no longer be needed.

A length of 2x2mm pear wood strip was scraped with the same molding profile as used previously in the build, but care taken to leave an untouched section toward the end.  The volute blanks were then attached to the unfinished end of the scraped molding.  PVA glue was used generously, and left to dry overnight to ensure a full strength bond.  Once dry, the excess was then carefully cut away to give proportions pleasing to the eye (mine at least) and ensure that the final volute form would be 6mm high.  The rough cut was then very carefully reduced to its final shape using various grades of sanding sticks.

 

Once the final shape was achieved, a profile needed to be introduced to match, and transition as smoothly as possible from the molding strip into the curve of the volute.  To do this I needed to create a second scraper profile at the very edge of a razor blade to work on the volute curve effectively (the scraper profile used previously for strip had been centered to give best control on straight strip).  This was performed very slowly as catastrophic failure would be very easy!  While it is true that it took multiple experiments to get this method down, it did work well and the four needed volutes were all first time efforts with no rework, and despite the many imperfections highlighted by the macro lens, the results to the naked eye exceeded my expectations.

In position, the volutes will now allow final shaping of the hull profile.  Onto the next challenges!

Edited October 12, 2022 by Beef Wellington

[Landlubber Mike]

Wow, that's very clever!  Really well done!  I agree, they have to be one nicely or they detract from the model as they eye is always drawn to details like these.  I'm going to save this for future reference!

[Blue Ensign]

Great stuff Jason, beautiful crisp work. 👍

 

B.E.

[Mike_H]

Your patience continues to astound.  Beautifully done.

[Gahm]

This is beautifully done, Jason! I will remember this for my next build 🙂

 

Thomas

[Timmo]

Nice work Jason. I'll be looking to appropriate that volute solut-ion (geddit?) for future work. 

The colour tones are looking great on the hull too.

[dunnock]

That's a very clever solution Jason and beautifully done

 

David

[bruce d]

Now I know how I will make my rails and volutes. Thank you.

[Beef Wellington]

Thoughts and conjectures on 'Jason's' (and Artois class frigate) armament and bulwark configuration:

 

Currently knee deep trying to think through a number of problems making sharing photos at this stage a little premature.  I have however reached a stage where certain decisions are required, specifically the armament bulwark gunport/carronade configuration.  I very much enjoy seeing other builders' thoughts and decisions on how to build their Artois class frigate, Diana or otherwise, and at the risk of putting people to sleep I'm summarizing my thoughts below.  As has been commented many times, much is unknown leaving a lot to builders' discretion, but I think the available evidence suggests that these options can be.  Without either the builders or ships logs to shed more light, much will remain conjecture.   My goal was to arrive at the most likely (IMHO) scenario for 'Jason' when she was launched, but also not let this get in the way of the model I want to build.  (Recognizing of course that certain anachronisms will persist, for example copper plates, armament etc. would not be present at launch).  My intent is not to spark debate, but to get my thoughts on paper. 🙂

 

Chronological timeline of evidence and events:

 

Date unknown:  Various NMM models with no armament, pierced for canons with open quarterdeck bulwarks and multiple design differences discussed fully in AOTS.  

 

1793 (NMM Plan Ref ZAZ2383) – open bulwarks with quarterdeck, with more additional exposed quarterdeck timberheads, ports for cannons only (no carronades)

 

March 1793 (NMM Plan Ref ZAZ2341) - Open bulwarks, originally reflects, but reflects updates (likely1797?) showing 6 quarterdeck, 2 forecastle carronade ports

 

March/April 1793 (NMM Wikimedia Commons J5552) – Open bulwarks, reflects 6 quarterdeck, 2 forecastle carronade ports

 

1^st April 1793 (NMM Wikimedia Commons J7737) - Closed bulwarks, ports for cannons only (no carronades)

 

4^th April 1793 (NMM Plan ZAZ2344, NMM Wikimedia Commons J7733) – Framing plan, open bulwarks, ports for cannons only (no carronades)

 

12 June 1793 (NMM Wikimedia Commons J5549) – Closed bulwarks, ports for cannons, (reflects change for 6 quarterdeck, 2 forecastle carronade ports, as well as subsequent adjustments to gunport position – date unknown).  Interestingly also shows the mainmast brace bits moved forward adjacent to the barricade which is not reflected in any other sources.

 

November 1793: Admiralty promulgated Order defines armament:  Quarterdeck: 8 x 9lb’er, 4 x 24lb Carronade per Admiralty Order, fo’c’sle: 2 x 9lb’er (Likely long nine chase guns), 2 x 24lb Carronade

 

April 1794: JASON LAUNCHED

 

November 1794: Admiralty promulgated order to replace 24lb Carronades and carry additional 32lb Carronades at expense of some carriage guns.  Quarterdeck: 6 x 9lb’er, 6 x 32lb Carronade, fo’c’sle: 2 x 9lb’er (Probably long nine chase guns), 2 x 32lb Carronade

 

1797 (NMM Plan Ref ZAZ2341)

• Closed quarterdeck bulwarks shown on plan per current practice (Details of design or build channel and open bulwark arrangement shown).  This plan also indicates the more austere square finish to the quarterdeck bulwark in addition to the more ornate version used in the illustration on the jacket and used as basis for the kit configuration.
•  Interestingly, plan indicates that the Foremast of Jason and Diamond were moved forward 6 ¼ inches.
• Quarterdeck piercings for 12 carriage guns shown as designed/built together subsequent adjustments for piercings for 6 x carriage guns and 6 x Carronades

Aug 1798: JASON WRECKED

 

December 1799: All upper deck armament to comprise 32lb Carronades per Admiralty Order, with exception of 2 chase guns)

• Quarterdeck: 12 x 32lb carronade, fo’c’sle: 2 x 9lb’er (Probably long nine chase guns), 2 x 32b Carronade

 

Decisions and rationale for how to represent ‘Jason’ “as launched”:

• Bulwarks:  Sufficient historical ambiguity to allow the model maker (me) to feel comfortable that both open or built-up bulwarks are historically viable.  This short period of a few years when these ships were built was a time when the preference for 'built up' and 'open' bulwarks switched back and forth.  The earlier older design variance of open bulwark with exposed timberheads, while intriguing to model, seems unlikely by 1794.
• Armament: The admiralty order of November 1793 will be reflected as I believe there would be sufficient time to between issuance and launch for this to be reflected.  As such, Jason will be equipped with Quarterdeck: 8 x 9lb’er, 4 x 24lb Carronade and fo’c’sle: 2 x 9lb’er and 2 x 24lb Carronade. 
• Gunports:  ‘Jason’s’ gunports will be pierced to reflect the armament described above.  There are however no (existing) plans that show this configuration (i.e. only 2 quarterdeck carronades per side).  In my view, this does not seem problematic:  CORRECTED - there is!  See post #691 below
  • There was only a 12 month period between the Nov 1793 Admiralty orders to carry 4x24lb quarterdeck carronades, and the Nov 1794 order to carry 6x32lb quarterdeck carronades.  Only plans drawn up in this period would reflect this configuration, and given that plans for each member of the class were drawn up pretty extensively in 1793, there doesn’t seem to have been much need to redo.
  • The available plans reflect different things, but it's not definitively known exactly what.  Various plans showing the original cannon only configuration show subsequent modifications for the 6 carronade ports, but none show only 4.  It seems reasonable that any updates to reflect the 1793 (4) carronade configuration, would likely have been updated again to reflect the 6 carronade configuration after 1794, or just updated to once after 1794.  My conclusion therefore is that the absence of a plan showing this configuration does not preclude it.  The ports least encumbered by stays were selected, and which are consistent with subsequent carronade layout.

Hopefully back to some photo's next update...

Edited November 10, 2022 by Beef Wellington

[Beef Wellington]

Quick update - even though I've been gathering the info above for some time, immediately after making this post I stumbled across another plan that I had not seen before.  (Available at Ship plan of HMS 'Diana' (1794): expansion of outboard works (rmg.co.uk) ).  Thankfully this supports the thinking outlined above, but makes me happily retract the statement that there are no plans of the Artois class reflecting the 1793 Admiralty order for 4 quarterdeck carronades.  Unfortunately I can't find a high resolution version to be able to read the text, but this planking expansion clearly shows the 2 carronade port alignment.  Fortunately, the approach I've taken described above has been validated and I can continue with a clean(er) conscience.

 

Of interest to other Artois builders, this adds yet another option for the bulwarks showing a fully built up bow, and squared profile of the quaterdeck not commonly seen.

Ship plan of HMS 'Diana' (1794): expansion of outboard works (NMM J5533)

Edited November 10, 2022 by Beef Wellington

[Vladimir_Wairoa]

Im speechless Jason, of what can be done by hands. Hat off Sir, watching along V. 

[BANYAN]

Great to see the update and hear you are on the right track with your little beauty.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Blue Ensign]

 Well expressed, Jason,

It is a useful tool to set down one's reasoning both to help formulate approach and answer those 'why did I do that' moments some way down the road.

I think your choice is spot on, but there is always wriggle room with this sort of thing; between plan, Admiralty order, and fitting out I suspect that in reality there was an element of 'availability' involved.

No one is going to gainsay you as you have worked using contemporary evidence, personally I like the four-carronade configuration.

 

B.E.

 

 

 

[Beef Wellington]

Thanks everyone for the continued interest.  Catching up on a couple of items before moving onto the more complex task of the sheer rail (plansheer?, capping rail?) which will be the focus of the next update.  The profile of the hull has been fine tuned, all of the gunports have been cut, fettled, and the upper hull painted.  The only remaining task with the rails is to create the transition from the quarterdeck drift rail and the main rail.  A similar approach was taken to that used for the volutes to introduce the curve, but a 45deg joint was used to try and leverage the pre-scraped profile as much as possible.  The profile was then introduced into the curved section as described above for the volutes.  Once complete, this section was joined with the volute section before gluing in place.

And the rails finally attached the hull.  The curve of the forward end of the bulwark follows that of the volute.  Visually its important (to my eye anyway!) to ensure that all of the rails and top of the hull are parallel, and follow the sweep of the main wale.  Placement of the rail also helps determine the appropriate final profile of the upper hull.

Edited November 18, 2022 by Beef Wellington

[No Idea]

This is a really clever technique and it certainly gives me some hope that I will be able to do this when the time comes on my build.  Cheers for sharing BW as I would never have thought of using two pieces as you show so clearly above.  The end result looks fantastic.

[Timmo]

I'm really coveting your vessel here Jason. It's everything I wanted to try with an Artois-class before being distracted by my 1/36 Enterprise (which has been but back on the stocks with some frame shaping done, although nothing worth posting).

Our puppy chewed the corner of my Anatomy of the Ship Diana book on a low shelf the other day and briefly reminded me of what could one day still be. I suspect I'll end up just watching your superior build! 

[Beef Wellington]

@Wayne - I miss seeing progress on your Enterprise, hopefully soon (?)  That will be a beauty!

@Mark - I aspire to be able to do what your are achieving on your excellent Le Rochefort build, would love to do a POF one one day and I need to bone up on basic woodworking techniques first.

 

Quarterdeck plansheer (capping rail?):

 

Work can now commence on the quarterdeck plansheer given that the upper hull profile is finalised.  This will be a rather long process given the many breaks in the smooth run of the plansheer.  Starting with the quarterdeck, a 'lego' type approach was taken to build items individually and then combine on the hull.  While more time consuming (what does that matter!), my feeling was that it would give more control over the outcome.  3 pieces will be needed, and will be referred to rather unimaginatively as pieces 1,2 and 3 becuase I have no idea how better to refer to them.  (Given that 2D plans don't seem to translate 3D, I have attempted to study as many pictures of contemporary models, plans and the many high quality builds here - all I could really glean was that there are many ways to approach this, and this approach is probably a compromise.).  This is the area I'm talking about:

• Piece #1:  from the gunwale, around the main drift volute to the terminaton of the scroll decoration (yellow)
• Piece #2: middle section with a scroll type detail on one end (green)
• Piece #3: section following the profile caused by the break of the quarterdeck drift rail to the main rail (red)

Construction of Piece #1:

Without anythig sufficient thick to hand, 4mm pear sheet wood was laminated together and ever increasing holes drilled until 6mm had been achieved (curvature of volute top).  A hand drill had to be used for this as I don't have a drill press.  Care was taken to ensure that the grain was running perpendicular to the hole which I suspect will give the strongest final result.  The hole was then very carefully reduced on the circular sander until just before the hole was opened up.  (I managed to do this on both sides which allowed 2 sections to be made from one hole).  1mm thick strips were then attached on each side, with PVA glue only being used on one side and clamped.  Once thoroughly dry, the piece was roughly shaped toward its final form of a 1mm thick curve.  The part was cut in half, releasing each curved section for final finishing using sanding sticks.  (Note:  the downside of only having a hand drill means it is very difficult to get perpendicular holes, and the top block shows a failure to allow for this).

Construction of Piece #2:

The scroll detail is probably the most complicated item to deal with.  To start, sandpaper wrapped around a section of 6mm dowel and a curved profile introduced into some 4mm cherry sheet.  The section was then temporarily glued to some scrap to allow the excess material to be carefully removed on the circular sander, (a technique that is becoming very familiar!).  The two halves were detatched, and glued to a pre-shaped section of 1.5mm thick pear because the curve of the hull is a factor.  The first photo below shows this starting point from which the final form was shaped.  The second photo shows progress mid way through shaping.  To account for the scroll detail, a circular needle file was used to introduce a profile into which some pre-made 1.5mm pear dowel could be glued. 

Construction of Piece #3:

This was constructed in exactly the same way as piece #1,  only  difference being that 1.5mm was used for the plansheer.

 

Once each step was completed, the pieces can the be individually fine tuned prior to installation, each having deliberately been made a little long.  A profile was introduced in the usual fashion using a profile cut into a safety razor blade (see final pics below):

The curved sections proved not unexpectedly to be the most challenging to fine tune.  The aft end of piece #3 terminates in a gun port which would be relatively easy to finish when the time comes, so this was fitted fitted first.  The most worrying thing here was coping the angle of the curved portion to tie into the aft end of piece #2 to avoid a time intensive redo (65deg was found to be the solution).  Piece #2 was then very carefully shortened until it sat correctly.  Before piece #1 could be finalized, the gunwale was made up to ensure correct positioning and shaping as piece #1 will butt up against both.

 

And the results...

Everything is dryfit only for now.  Pins were used to temporarily hold the various sections in place, these can be easily filled, although efforts were made to place these where the timber heads will cover them.  With the exception of the gunwale, the plansheer sections have not yet been painted but have been coloured with artist pens to help my eye determine final proportions.  The final shot below shows how even the relatively minor curve of the hull at this point needs to be accounted for.  I have a lot of work ahead of me to finish off the other areas so will likely be a while before another update, but must confess to be being very pleased with the way this turned out. 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by Beef Wellington

[No Idea]

Again so cleverly thought out using what you have at hand. I know I’ve said it before but your technique here is fantastic. I also like the way it wastes very little wood in the process. I think your finished result is beautiful. I also think that you don’t need to work on your woodworking skills. You’ve got them already 👍

[Beef Wellington]

Work continues slowly, but not really anything that would be noticeable in a photo update.  In a shameless attempt to cover this up, sharing some contemporary print images that I've been trying to get my hands on for quite some time now.   (The 3rd print below first appeared in my second post in this log back in 2014...ahem...I'm including here for completeness).  Three of the four are by Robert Dodd, and the other is by John Fairburn, and correlating with NMM records, were contemporaneously created between 1798 and 1801.  Its hard to corroborate the details between artists because the Robert Dodd prints are of a much higher quality - a comment on Dodd reflects that he is likely a reasonably reliable source "Although technically accurate and meticulous, his artistic talents were somewhat eclipsed by the greatest of his peers, and it is his contribution to the historical record that is his greatest legacy".  Considering that the representations were 'inscribed to' the ship's captains, one might think that they would be accurate on key points.

 

Full details below, but a couple of things jump out, nothing here will change the approach being taken on this build, but may be of value to others.  I'm really hoping I can get my hands on building contracts now.

• Shock and horror! - there 'aint a figurehead!  Jason is clearly shown with a fiddlehead stem! - this is contradictory to available plans and seems unlikely to be an artistic creation.  Especially as other ships represented show quite detailed figureheads.
• Jason is shown with 14 quarterdeck 'guns' - impossible to tell whether these are carronades or cannons.  In any event, these exceeds the number described in AOTS Diana and seems to exceed Admiralty regulations.  Perhaps Capt. Sterling pulled in some favours to obtain additional ordinance...It's hard to draw any conclusions on the bow armament because its just not clear enough.
• The Mizzen channel is also clearly shown at its original lower location together with a backstay stool (4th picture below).  This reflects the earlier (original as designed/built?) configuration, and contradicts the single channel configuration located higher up the hull that is shown in AOTS and (possible subsequent alterations) on NMM plans.  Interestingly, the same configuration is shown in second picture below, but the mizzen backstay stool is missing.
• Try as I might, I just can't resolve much in the way of clues to the stern decoration.  Maybe wishful thinking, but the central figure on the stern in second picture below could be a golden fleece (as would possibly be expected!), and what I'm noodling over for 'my' Jason.  The outboard supporting figures also look 'male' to my eye...but not sure.  There are a number of details here that suggest a different representation here (e.g. ar those columns between the lights?).  Wish I'd managed to get my hands on this years ago.  Unfortunately, the representation by John Fairburn is of much lower artistic and technical and just seems to show smudges.

Sequel to the action between L'Hercule and Mars (April 21, 1798): Artist: Robert Dodd ca.1798

Inscription “Sequel to the Action of L’HERCULE and MARS, on the Night of April 24^th 1798.  Representing the MARS bringing her PRIZE out of the Passage Du Raz, the JASON FRIGATE having come up some time after the ENEMY had STRUCK, assisting in shifting the Prisoners.” 

Capture of La Seine: Artist: Robert Dodd

Inscription “CAPTURE of LA SEINE most respectfully Inscribed to the Captains STERLING & MILNE.  This Action commenced in a running fight between LA PIQUE and LA SEINE the former was disabled by the loss of her Main Topmast and the JASON coming up between & received the fire of the Enemy Her Action continued when the [unreadable] Ships grounded on the French Coast near Midnight LA SEINE still making a most exemplary defense, and did not surrender until totally dismasted with the loss of 170 Men killed & 100 badly wounded” 

A REPRESENTATION of the JASON 38 guns capturing LA SEINE:  Artist: John Fairburn, 1 Oct 1798

Inscription “A REPRESENTATION of the JASON 38 guns capturing LA SEINE, a FRENCH FRIGATE of 42 Guns near PENMARK ROCK, June 30^th 1798  The La Pique Frigate had engaged the La Seine for a considerable time, before the Jason came up, but did unfortunately run aground in the action & bilged & was afterwards burn'd by her own crew"

 

 

Situation of Jason and La Pique the morning after the engagement: Artist: Robert Dodd

Description taken from NMM:  A depiction of the British frigates Jason and La Pique on moderate seas, flying the British ensign, with their prize, La Seine, on 29 June 1798; troops can be seen on land in the distance. The Jason is shown in the foreground in port-broadside view, behind her is La Seine with her masts cut off; La Pique (port quarter view) is on the right in the process of sinking, shown with her crew climbing down on to a rowing boat. Several other rowing boats can be seen in the foreground. The sails of the Jason and La Pique show extensive damage from cannon fire.

 

Inscription “SITUATION of the JASON and LA PIQUE with their Prize on the Morning after the Action.  Representing the Jason as just having hove off the ground.  La Pique being unfortunately bilged was cleared of her Stores and destroyed by her own Crew, the wounded Men of the Enemy were put on Shore and given in charge to a division of their [unreadable] ARMY of ENGLAND who appeared in numbers on the Beach unable to molest(?) the British Ships or prevent their captured Frigate from being brought off.”

 

Edited December 21, 2022 by Beef Wellington

[Mike_H]

Very interesting.  The absence of a figure-head is a real surprise.