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HMS Ontario 1780 scale 1:32 POB full version
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Thanks Janos!!The gunports are square (almost) and the bottom follows the deck line ,the sides are perpendicular on the deck not the waterline,I guess this method was easiest and simpliest.
Hello everyone , this weekend the plan is to separate the cabin from the quarter galleries with a wall as shown in the drawings,and build a door too.As the lower deck will be exposed and the cabin too.
We will follow your plan.....all the best for this task
31 October 1780 - HMS Ontario (22) sinks in Lake Ontario (found intact almost 230 years later)
HMS Ontario was a British warship that sank in a storm in Lake Ontario on 31 October 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. She was a 22-gun snow, and, at 80 feet (24 m) in length, the largest British warship on the Great Lakes at the time.[2] The shipwreck was discovered in 2008 by Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville. Ontario was found largely intact and very well preserved in the cold water. Scoville and Kennard assert that "the 80-foot sloop of war is the oldest shipwreck and the only fully intact British warship ever found in the Great Lakes."
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth of Ontario (1780), a 16-gun Brig Sloop launched at Carleton Island, Lake Ontario, 10 May 1780. Signed by Jonathan Coleman [Master Shipwright, St. Johns, Lake Champlain, Canada].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/84516.html#3oxkRwI7CJYJOZBh.99
History
Ontario was built in 1780 on Carleton Island, a major base in the St Lawrence River for the British during the Revolutionary War, but now part of New York. She was operated by the Royal Navy for the Provincial Marine in the capacity of an armed transport.
At the time, Ontario was the largest British warship to sail on the Great Lakes. She was launched just five months before she sank, and was used to ferry troops, supplies, and prisoners from one remote part of New York to another. She never saw battle.
Sinking
Ontario sank in a storm on 31 October 1780 while underway from Fort Niagara to Oswego. Approximately 130 men perished with the ship, comprising an estimated 60 British soldiers of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot, (comprising one officer, 34 other ranks, 4 women and 5 children from the regiment) a crew of about 40 Canadians and possibly up to 30 American prisoners of war.
of the sinking of the Ontario was kept quiet for a number of years to hide the military loss.
Search and discovery
Sophisticated side-scan sonar technology was used in the search of HMS Ontario in late May 2008. A promising wreck was found between Niagara and Rochester, NY in an area of Lake Ontario where the depth exceeds 492 feet (150 m). The sonar imagery clearly showed a large sailing ship resting upright at an angle, with two masts reaching up at least 70 feet (21 m) above the bottom of the lake. The high-resolution images showed the remains of two crow's nests on each mast, strongly suggesting that the sunken vessel was the brig-sloop Ontario. Due to the depth limitations for diving on this shipwreck, a remotely operated underwater vehicle was deployed and confirmed the identity of the ship in early June 2008.
Kennard and Scoville believe that the cold, fresh water of Lake Ontario, combined with a lack of light and oxygen, have slowed decomposition and account for the ship being found largely intact, despite being on the bottom for 230 years. The shipwreck's discoverers have notified the New York State Office of Historic Preservation, however, the exact location of the wreck has not been publicly disclosed. The wreck is technically still considered the property of the British Admiralty and as such, will be treated as a war grave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ontario_(1780)
HMS Ontario was a British warship that sank in a storm in Lake Ontario on 31 October 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. She was a 22-gun snow, and, at 80 feet (24 m) in length, the largest British warship on the Great Lakes at the time.[2] The shipwreck was discovered in 2008 by Jim Kennard and Dan Scoville. Ontario was found largely intact and very well preserved in the cold water. Scoville and Kennard assert that "the 80-foot sloop of war is the oldest shipwreck and the only fully intact British warship ever found in the Great Lakes."
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/84516.html#3oxkRwI7CJYJOZBh.99
History
Ontario was built in 1780 on Carleton Island, a major base in the St Lawrence River for the British during the Revolutionary War, but now part of New York. She was operated by the Royal Navy for the Provincial Marine in the capacity of an armed transport.
At the time, Ontario was the largest British warship to sail on the Great Lakes. She was launched just five months before she sank, and was used to ferry troops, supplies, and prisoners from one remote part of New York to another. She never saw battle.
Sinking
Ontario sank in a storm on 31 October 1780 while underway from Fort Niagara to Oswego. Approximately 130 men perished with the ship, comprising an estimated 60 British soldiers of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot, (comprising one officer, 34 other ranks, 4 women and 5 children from the regiment) a crew of about 40 Canadians and possibly up to 30 American prisoners of war.
of the sinking of the Ontario was kept quiet for a number of years to hide the military loss.Search and discovery
Sophisticated side-scan sonar technology was used in the search of HMS Ontario in late May 2008. A promising wreck was found between Niagara and Rochester, NY in an area of Lake Ontario where the depth exceeds 492 feet (150 m). The sonar imagery clearly showed a large sailing ship resting upright at an angle, with two masts reaching up at least 70 feet (21 m) above the bottom of the lake. The high-resolution images showed the remains of two crow's nests on each mast, strongly suggesting that the sunken vessel was the brig-sloop Ontario. Due to the depth limitations for diving on this shipwreck, a remotely operated underwater vehicle was deployed and confirmed the identity of the ship in early June 2008.
Kennard and Scoville believe that the cold, fresh water of Lake Ontario, combined with a lack of light and oxygen, have slowed decomposition and account for the ship being found largely intact, despite being on the bottom for 230 years. The shipwreck's discoverers have notified the New York State Office of Historic Preservation, however, the exact location of the wreck has not been publicly disclosed. The wreck is technically still considered the property of the British Admiralty and as such, will be treated as a war grave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ontario_(1780)
Looks awesome and nice to see the history I read about this ship a couple years back. It's amazing how well cold water preserves vessels
Thanks Joe and others that visited my log,I will be back to her as I received my wood supply.
will you be releasing plans for this build? I am a good ways from building it as once I'm done the Black Pearl and Blandford build I am gonna get started on the scratch build Constellation I have gathered all the wood needed as well as Brass Rod for cannons I'll be making everything for this ship including all the Blocks from walnut and Maple. My wife thinks I should just build it POB since none of the framing will be showing. I am considering it, but I really want to build it POF so maybe I'll build it twice one POB and One with the POF Navy board style. Between those two Id like to build the Ontario perhaps.
Hello everyone, finally I have started the planking, I am working around the outer bulwark and gunports. The first layer is basswood.
Hello Joe,I can’t release the plans since I don’t have the copy right,John Andela will sell the full Pob plans for the Ontario on his site ,whenever he is ready.
Awesome do you have a link to his site brother
Hello guys, I have some progress updates, more planking has done on the bulwark.
G'day Zoly
You're doing a great job on the planking. The ports looks great mate.
I wish I can get into my build, but things always pop up and I don't have the time. We are buying plantation shutters for our lounge room and my wife said that we should paint the entire house, so it will match. You know how it goes one job leads to many!
Bang goes my free time for the next few months, I guess.
Happymodeling
Greg
You're doing a great job on the planking. The ports looks great mate.
I wish I can get into my build, but things always pop up and I don't have the time. We are buying plantation shutters for our lounge room and my wife said that we should paint the entire house, so it will match. You know how it goes one job leads to many!
Bang goes my free time for the next few months, I guess.
Happymodeling
Greg
Greetings Zoly,
Very nice progress, and happy planking!! what is the size for basswood planks and what glue do you use to fix the planks?
Very nice progress, and happy planking!! what is the size for basswood planks and what glue do you use to fix the planks?
Hello guys,thanks for looking in,Jim the planks are basswood aand 2mmX6mm,I am using regular wood glue.
Hi Zoly,
Planking looks to be coming along nicely. Your doing a great job on this build, plank on my friend.
Planking looks to be coming along nicely. Your doing a great job on this build, plank on my friend.
Great progress, Zoly! I’m enjoying this build.
I have some updates on the planking, so far going well
