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17th century ketch Nonsuch

Hi, thanks for the info but what I should have said at the time was that I wanted the information so as to scratch build a scale model of the 1668 ketch 'Nonsuch'.
Hallo
could you please check, if the year 1668 for launching this ketch is correct?
I find in this year only a 36 gunner fifth rate, the ketches listed are launched in 1651 and sold to the Navy in 1654

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So I guess, because of the link to the Manitoba - you mean the Nonsuch launched in 1651



Did you check already this page?


there you can find a small size photo of a drawing - there is mentioned "Nonsuch Deck Plans - Hudsons Bay Archives" - maybe they have more drawings, so I would try to contact them

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A few years ago I thought about building a model of the Nonsuch. As an obvious choice I wrote several emails to the Manitoba Museum, asking for the possibility of buying her plans. I never received an answer from them.
Janos
 
Hi, janos!
To console You, I would like to say that I do not quite agree with the design of the remake. I intend to modify the hull and rigging somewhat and bring them into line with the 17th century. The results will be posted later.
 

Ciao, I managed to get a digital copy of the plans from the Manitoba Museum after a long wait.
Apart from the accuracy of the drawings, the thing that struck me most was the huge amount of data on the ship.
In this regard, I noticed that the various plans have 2 types of scales.
For those of a general nature, the ratio is 1/2 inch = 1 foot, so 1/24 scale.
While for those with the smallest details, the ratio is 1 inch = 1 foot, so 1/12 scale.
With this accuracy, it seems really strange to me, but I could be wrong, that the scale of the various tables is not specified, compared to the real ship.
As a test, I printed the first of the 19 drawings I received, without changing the scale settings or adaptation to the paper format for the printer.
The result was disconcerting, the ship immediately seemed very small to me, that is, the drawing was on a much larger scale than I would have expected.
I decided to try to compare it with the one in which you entered the measurement of 441 mm and I must say that in mine I found 212 mm, that is less than half.
At this point I ask if someone who has the same plans, can help me understand the exact reduction ratio to which I must set the printer to have drawings in the correct 1/24 scale.
I repeat that I have no problems with the size of the print, the plotter can reach a maximum width of 914 mm and a length of several meters.
I hope someone can help me, I love this ship and I think of making it in 1/24.
Even if my dream would include 1/12, which however for a small ship, would not be huge.
 
Hallo
could you please check, if the year 1668 for launching this ketch is correct?
I find in this year only a 36 gunner fifth rate, the ketches listed are launched in 1651 and sold to the Navy in 1654

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So I guess, because of the link to the Manitoba - you mean the Nonsuch launched in 1651



Did you check already this page?



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there you can find a small size photo of a drawing - there is mentioned "Nonsuch Deck Plans - Hudsons Bay Archives" - maybe they have more drawings, so I would try to contact them

View attachment 382695
Nice one
 
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