Here is another instructive and interesting shot of the so-called Phoenix from Album de Colbert:
![AC36BD4E-16C8-49BE-9E3F-BE7B02088D0B.png AC36BD4E-16C8-49BE-9E3F-BE7B02088D0B.png](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/332/332581-12efd64db326593cba47f0e199e67685.jpg?hash=Eu_WTbMmWT)
My takeaway, here, is that Heller (vis-a-vis Tanneron) shows the very pronounced re-curve or outboard flare of the forward bulwarks above the forecastle deck. This design shift enabled the mounting of the cathead timbers to the forecastle deck, rather than below the forecastle deck, as seen above, in earlier practice. A ship such as the Phoenix did not have a forecastle deck.
![AC36BD4E-16C8-49BE-9E3F-BE7B02088D0B.png AC36BD4E-16C8-49BE-9E3F-BE7B02088D0B.png](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/332/332581-12efd64db326593cba47f0e199e67685.jpg?hash=Eu_WTbMmWT)
My takeaway, here, is that Heller (vis-a-vis Tanneron) shows the very pronounced re-curve or outboard flare of the forward bulwarks above the forecastle deck. This design shift enabled the mounting of the cathead timbers to the forecastle deck, rather than below the forecastle deck, as seen above, in earlier practice. A ship such as the Phoenix did not have a forecastle deck.