HMS Agamemnon by Caldercraft

[HMSFly]

I speak both, French is my mother language. I lived in Overijse during 20 years

Hello,

Have already important question: I soon start the second planking.
The first planking is mentioning to border the gunports.
But question see drawing please : borders of the gunports from the Main Gun Deck must stay visible (off course).
But what with the Gun Ports on the higher Gun Deck?

Marc

 

[AllanKP69]

I'm asking this question because the Agamemnon is a ship of the line and may have been built (eg the sheaves or other upcoming details) differently than a frigate like the Diana.

Totally understood Marc

After more digging actually a hole, a port (in the waist where there were no lids) or sheaves were used at various point in time for the main tack. On English two deckers and smaller, before 1656, the main sail tacks did lead through a hole in the side of the ship on the upper deck and belayed to a cleat inboard on the bulwarks but this was well before Agamemnon was built. After that chess trees were added to the hull. The tack lead through a hole in the chess tree/fender then through a gun port or a sheave in the hull.

The sheets altered very little during the sail era always running through sheaves in the side of the hull.

From Steel, the diameter of the sheaves was about 12" and they were about 3" thick.

Allan

Examples



The model below is a 64 gun from 1775 at RMG. Some of the sheaves are clearly shown forward of the fenders

 

[AllanKP69]

But question see drawing please : borders of the gunports from the Main Gun Deck must stay visible (off course).
But what with the Gun Ports on the higher Gun Deck?

I am not sure I understand what they mean. The only thing you can see inside the gun ports on any deck are the outboard edges of the stops/linings on the sides and the bottom. The lining was only about 1.5" thick. The planking covers the frames and sills which make up the boarders of the ports so they cannot be seen after the planking goes on. The upper deck ports in the waist that do not receive lids may not have linings, but the outboard edges of the sills and frames are covered by the planking so there is no boarder showing.
Allan