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Model of the Severn at Berkeley castle in Gloucestershire


Ferrari66

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Greetings

 

I have searched in the forum for this, but having not found anything I post the link to a very interesting article:

 

http://berkeleycastle.blogspot.it/2013/08/200-year-old-replica-ship-severn-goes.html

 

About a couple of years ago a model of the Severn, a 44 gun ship of 1786 was found in a cupboard in the castle. What makes this model interesting (beside being a contemporary dockyard model) is that it depicts the framing of the ship quite accurately (much like the model of the Intrepid in the NMM does).

 

Berkeley_Crackerjacpr_15.jpg

 

An examination of the full size photo (available at the linked page) reveals very interesting details, like spacers slightly recessed in the frames at one side.

 

Alessandro

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Hello,

 

according to Goodwin a 44 gun ship required about 2000 loads if timber (depending on the tonnage; he estimates 1,995 for the Janus, slightly smaller in breadth than the Adventure class); at 50 cubic feet a load, makes about 10,000 cubic feet, corresponding to about 50 acres of woodland.

 

Alessandro

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