I've been working on drawing or lofting if you like plans for a Danish Bomb Vessel. From the research I've done the plans could be one or all of six ships produced in 1771.
These are the names I was able to find of Bomb vessels biuilt in 1771, Alvorligheden, Dristigheden, Den Golende, Cometen, Dragen, Mandigheden.
Here's the plan from the Danish archives so these plans are free download from thier website.
I don't read Dutch or Danish whichever is correct (I don't even know that). So I've been struggling to interprate the writing on the plans. Any help with that would of course be appreciated. A big part of the problem Is I'm too inept to even figure out how to type the non English characters.
The first and biggest question is about the number of guns this ship was intended to carry. Clearly there are 2 Mortars listed on the plans as 100 pounds. According to all the information I've been able to find from other sources they appear to have actually been equipped with 1-100 pound mortar and 1-150 pound mortar.
Where it get much more murky is I've found references to four 28 gun bomb vessels and two 16 gun vessels.
I believe the two lines below the Mortar read "6 pound cannon-10, or 8 pound or smaller caliber howitzer - 10 So ten cannon of some type.
Then 2 lines below possibly 16 "Canoner" guessing swivel guns maybe?
Could get the 28 gun count with 2 mortars + 10 Canons + 16 Swivels. Doesn't make sense with the drawing that appears to have either 12 or 18 gun ports.
The next question I have is about the Mortars. In the plan below the mortar appears to have a base that was cast with the barrel. This is consistent with what I found in the Danish Arsenal Museum.
The earliest Danish mortar I could find that did not have an interal base was 1849, and the closest I could find to the year of this ship was around 1750 and still had an integral base.
That being said in the image below there is some sort of lever behind the mortar on the plan. My guess is it's not part of the mortar it's on the gunwale behind it. It's similar to the other items I circled in magenta. Question then is does anyone know what these are?
I have several other questions as well one is about how the planking would terminate on the rear of the ship. I drew the plan below and I'm a little stuck on what the stern would look like relative to the planking below the trim under the gun ports. Best I know how to phrase the question is would there be a portion of flat transom exposed on the back or would the planking under the strip come all the way up from the bottom? The approximately 93 foot (91 fod) gundeck by 27 foot (26-6 fod) beam makes for a pretty stubby hull to get the planks all the way to the keel.
I've been working in Autocad to produce my plans. It's time consuming but not as difficult as I thought it might be. Just thought i'd throw these in to show I'm really planning on building this.
I'm planning on building this Plank on Bulkhead and I'm well on my way to having workable plans for the hull just trying to get some of the details figured out. I can guess but would like to get as much as I can correct. Here's my frames and keel layout so far.
I'm working on the gun ports and mast attachments etc now.
These are the names I was able to find of Bomb vessels biuilt in 1771, Alvorligheden, Dristigheden, Den Golende, Cometen, Dragen, Mandigheden.
Here's the plan from the Danish archives so these plans are free download from thier website.
I don't read Dutch or Danish whichever is correct (I don't even know that). So I've been struggling to interprate the writing on the plans. Any help with that would of course be appreciated. A big part of the problem Is I'm too inept to even figure out how to type the non English characters.
The first and biggest question is about the number of guns this ship was intended to carry. Clearly there are 2 Mortars listed on the plans as 100 pounds. According to all the information I've been able to find from other sources they appear to have actually been equipped with 1-100 pound mortar and 1-150 pound mortar.
Where it get much more murky is I've found references to four 28 gun bomb vessels and two 16 gun vessels.
I believe the two lines below the Mortar read "6 pound cannon-10, or 8 pound or smaller caliber howitzer - 10 So ten cannon of some type.
Then 2 lines below possibly 16 "Canoner" guessing swivel guns maybe?
Could get the 28 gun count with 2 mortars + 10 Canons + 16 Swivels. Doesn't make sense with the drawing that appears to have either 12 or 18 gun ports.
The next question I have is about the Mortars. In the plan below the mortar appears to have a base that was cast with the barrel. This is consistent with what I found in the Danish Arsenal Museum.
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The earliest Danish mortar I could find that did not have an interal base was 1849, and the closest I could find to the year of this ship was around 1750 and still had an integral base.
That being said in the image below there is some sort of lever behind the mortar on the plan. My guess is it's not part of the mortar it's on the gunwale behind it. It's similar to the other items I circled in magenta. Question then is does anyone know what these are?
I have several other questions as well one is about how the planking would terminate on the rear of the ship. I drew the plan below and I'm a little stuck on what the stern would look like relative to the planking below the trim under the gun ports. Best I know how to phrase the question is would there be a portion of flat transom exposed on the back or would the planking under the strip come all the way up from the bottom? The approximately 93 foot (91 fod) gundeck by 27 foot (26-6 fod) beam makes for a pretty stubby hull to get the planks all the way to the keel.
I've been working in Autocad to produce my plans. It's time consuming but not as difficult as I thought it might be. Just thought i'd throw these in to show I'm really planning on building this.
I'm planning on building this Plank on Bulkhead and I'm well on my way to having workable plans for the hull just trying to get some of the details figured out. I can guess but would like to get as much as I can correct. Here's my frames and keel layout so far.
I'm working on the gun ports and mast attachments etc now.