With the great help of Dave Stevens' preliminary build log, I've been able to start making plans to scratch build the Adventure Galley. Hoping to save myself some trouble later on, I was wondering if someone could help me locate the deck plans for a typical 17th century Frigate? Once I make and plank the hull I have no idea what to do with the deck, masts and rigging. What it should look like. What goes where. Any help you guys can give would be really appriciated. Thanks.
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using the book The sailing Navy List by Davis Lyons I checked the early drawing of 4th rate frigates. There is not one single drawing for a deck layout only hull lines for all the ships listed.
So the next step would be to find the earliest deck layout for a 4th or 5th rate ship. These early frigates and galleys were later reclassified as 5th rates.
So the next step would be to find the earliest deck layout for a 4th or 5th rate ship. These early frigates and galleys were later reclassified as 5th rates.
Thanks Dave. I’ve been getting pictures of every 5th rate Frigate I can find (models, paintings, drawings) so that I can copy what I see, when the time comes. I commented to you in your Adventure Galley build log. I was hoping that you had an update, with some pictures, on how your project is going.
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I too have been researching the decks of early 4th and 5th rate ships and I think enough research can be put together to come up with a reasonably historic layout for the deck.
I am putting together the next part of the build log on installing the wales and upper planking.
I am putting together the next part of the build log on installing the wales and upper planking.
Great! I would love to see some picture of your progress, when you get a chance.
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If you can find an old copy of the "The American Sailing Navy" by Howard I. Chapelle, (ISBN: 1-56852-222-3) you will find several plans for Frigates. This ISBN may be a reprint of the older book. I recommend the older book as the plans are fold-outs with much more detail whereas this one has single page Draughts making it difficult to loft them. I happen to have both books and the older one is easier to use.
Adventure Galley was launched in 1695 and as far as I could find, there are no drawings of her so it is anyone's guess. I have a full set of plans for Litchfield (50) 1695 but she was not a galley. There is a profile and body plan of the Charles Galley 1676 which is supposedly similar to Adventure Galley, but there are no deck plans. These can be used in conjunction with the scantlings from the contract of the Mary Galley 1686 which is held at the National Archives in Kew. There are complete drawings of HMS Tyger following her rebuild which started about 1677 that might be helpful. These can be found in The Master Shipwright;s Secrets by Richard Endsor. If it is correct that there are no contemporary drawings of Adventure Galley which I read was originally built as a merchant ship, no one can say whatever you choose is wrong.
Allan
Mary Galley contract sample
Endsor drawing of gundeck of Tyger from page 220-221 The Master Shipwright;s Secrets
Charles Galley Model
