druxey Posted February 16, 2015 #31 Posted February 16, 2015 Can you cite your source, Joel? It would be appreciated! Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
jbshan Posted February 16, 2015 #32 Posted February 16, 2015 It's a picture in one of the six books I've been reading lately. Patience. :-) Quote Joel Sanborn http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9953-lexington-by-jbshan-dlumberyard-164-from-the-seaways-practicum-by-clay-feldman/
jbshan Posted February 16, 2015 #33 Posted February 16, 2015 Got it! A painting, John Clevely the Elder. 'A British sixth rate ship at Deptford dockyard in the 1770s.' illustration in War at Sea in the Age of Sail, Andrew Lambert. pp 36-7 The jack actually is flying from a staff set up just behind the figurehead since there is no bowsprit, etc. The commissioning pendant has red white and blue stripes. The vessel is on a launching cradle on the ways. She has a coat of white below the waterline. The author is of the opinion that she will be brought into the dock in the foreground of the picture for coppering. Quote Joel Sanborn http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/9953-lexington-by-jbshan-dlumberyard-164-from-the-seaways-practicum-by-clay-feldman/
druxey Posted February 16, 2015 #34 Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks, Joel. The staff at the bow was set through an eyebolt driven on the aft side of the hair bracket. This was usual practice. The hull was not coppered before launching. This way any leaks could be located and caulked before coppering in the dry dock. Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
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