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L´Invention ! Finaly !

I see 2022 on his site but nothing on ANCRE.
At he bottom of the cover the ancre typical "COLLECTION ARCHEOLOGIE NAVALE FRANCAISE" is written.
Didier Berti is making off course an official announcement only when he has a final agreement and contract with the printing company
 
Now it is official also announced on the ancre page - so we. have something for christmas - as soon I have my copy in hand, I will post here a planset review for your detaile dinformation

L’INVENTION Four-masted privateer -1799​

L'Invention Four-masted privateer 1799-1810.
All the drawings necessary to make a fully-framed model

AVAILABLE on 10/12/2022 in French or English.

Author : GÉRARD DELACROIX
Translated by Dr. Anthony Klouda


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Synopsis:


Privateers, contrary to pirates, were entirely legal. They generally used old merchant vessels, but some of the ships used were built specially to chase and capture.
During the Napoleonic wars (1793-1815) about 2,900 French privateer ships were used on the world’s seas.
During this period, and under pressure from English cruisers which were strangling French maritime commerce, entrepreneurs constructed and armed numerous privateer ships specially built for this purpose.
Simple in concept, these ships were rapid and highly manoeuvrable for their effectiveness, even though they were economically built. The only end of the owners being their profitability, the construction of the privateers was lightly executed at minimum cost.
The formula proved to be effective as English commerce and that of its allies was sorely tried by the war of intense competition at that time.
L’Invention, made in Bordeaux in 1799/1800, is one of these ships — but innovatively designed for the period, having a hull with narrow lines and unique four masted rigging. It was a precursor well in advance of the clippers which were to come some decades later.
Despite a short career as a privateer, it had the advantage of being built for the chase while adopting exceptional technical solutions.
The monograph comprises all the drawings necessary for a framed model as all the parts are illustrated and commented on. A range of technical notes and the detailed description of the rigging for a four-master complete the set of plans.

A monograph in a cloth slipcase and a cover painting by Jean Bellis, including an explanatory booklet of 130 pages with a set of 34 plans to a scale of 1:48 detailing its construction and rigging.

General background of privateering

- Privateering ships - Some plans of the Bordeaux privateers

Reconstitution of L’Invention :
- Masting
- The question of oars
- The deck
- The hull

History of L’Invention
Monograph 1:48
- Commentary on the plans
- Details of metal parts
- Painting
- Note on the guns
- Timber dimensions
- Description of the rigging
- Masts
- Yards
- Sails


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The plans in the monograph are at a scale of 1:48:

1 – Schematic sheer plan.
2 – Body plans (Transverse sections)
3 – Half breadth plans (Horizontal sections)
4 – Parts of the axial framework
5, 6 &7 – Drawings of the frames
8 – Hawse timbers
9 – Rear framework and quarter badge construction
10 – Sheer view of the framework
11 – Hull planking Part 1 and hold ceiling planking
12 – Hull planking Part 2
13 – Construction of the head and beakhead
14 – Longitudinal cross-section of the framework
15 – Hold fittings
16 – Orlop deck structure
17 – Orlop deck fittings
18 – Main deck structure
19 – View from above the fitted deck
20 – Longitudinal section with fittings
21 – Cross-sections
22 – Fittings, Part 1
23 – Fittings, Part 2
24 – Copper cladding
25 – Overall side view of the hull
26 – Front and rear views
27 – Masting
28 – Mast fittings
29 – Mast fittings and blocks
30 – Sails
31 – Standing rigging (without sails)
32 – Rigging for the longitudinal sails
33 – L’Invention under sail
34 – Belaying plan

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I made a detailed Planset review of the L´Invention- so please take a look

 
Hi everyone. I bought a rather crude model of L’Invention at auction a few years ago. I suspect it might have been made by a crew member whilst in prison after its capture by the British. It certainly has age to it. I can post photographs if anyone is interested?
Andrew Knox.
 
Hi everyone. I bought a rather crude model of L’Invention at auction a few years ago. I suspect it might have been made by a crew member whilst in prison after its capture by the British. It certainly has age to it. I can post photographs if anyone is interested?
Andrew Knox.
Yes please
 
Sorry for the delay. Needed Some sunshine!
There were holes in the hull for the middle two masts, but no masts filled. I fitted two bits of PVC pipe to photograph where they are positioned.
Overal length ca. 93 cm, beam at deck level
ca. 20 cm.
The written note is interesting. It is possible that the model was only made to show the shape of the hull below the waterline. The decoration and number of windows to the stern is also different.

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