HMS ST. Lawrence

even though Kingston Naval yard was a royal English yard most of the shipwrights were French from Quebec. The shipwright who built the St Lawrence William Bell was Irish who worked in a French yard in Quebec and I think his brother John had a yard in Quebec.
could be why the framing of the St Lawrence was a French system of framing and not the standard English bends and filler system.
Thank you, lots of great info here.
 
We are now in the process of downsizing so my actual building of the St. Lawrence will be put on hold for now. It may be a little late to start such a big project anyway as I have recently developed COPD which makes it hard to get around now. Cheers John.
 
A thoroughly interesting project.You have my deepest sympathy John as I have a few friends with COPD and I also went through tests as the doctor believed I may have contracted the disease.All I can say is give it a little time for yourself to get used to your limitations and how to work around them.

Kind Regards

Nigel
 
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