1/48 scale - Anchors for a 36 Gun 1800 Frigate:

[IntrepidBear]

1/48 scale - s for a 36 Gun 1800 Frigate: Are there any pre-made or is it something i have to make myself!!

 

[AllanKP69]

s were sized as a ratio to the tonnage of the vessel so you may not find the right size available without making your own. While it is really nice to cast them in metal a wooden anchor painted black looks exactly the same as a metal one.

36 gun British vessels about 1800 would have carried three or four anchors, sheet(s), the best bower and the second bower. The sizes of each anchor varied before the middle 18th century, but by 1784, the Admiralty put out a list and all three or four anchors were to be the same weight on a given ship based on tonnage. In practice this may not have been followed, but if you make four the same, you are safe. For a 36 gun frigate each anchor would weigh about 40 CWT. The dimensions of all the parts can be found in Brian Lavery's The Arming and Fitting of English Ships of War page 33 He gives a lot of information in addition to the dimensions that should be helpful. Steel's scantlings for anchors can be found in The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture Folio 57 and in Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships, page 260. I am sure there are additional reliable sources as well.
Allan

PS I wish the icon for an ANC--R did not show up everytime the word is written.

 

[paul ron]

is that true? when you write anchor an anchor appears?

ANC--R anc--r

really?

hey howd u do dat?

 

[TheGatzby]

is that true? when you write anchor an anchor appears?

Sounds like a phone thing..


For anchors, Cornwall Model Boats has a nice selection.

 

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