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"THE MASTER SHIPWRIGHT’S SECRETS HOW CHARLES II BUILT THE RESTAORATION NAVY"
by Richard Endsor
About the autor :
Richard Endsor is an engineer by profession, but has devoted considerable time to researching 17th-century ships -- his project on the Lenox took twelve years to complete. Richard was a trustee of the Nautical Museum Trust and is a member of the Society for Nautical Research. He has had numerous articles published in Mariner's Mirror and is also an accomplished artist, having exhibited at the RSMA exhibition. He also lectures widely on maritime topics.
http://www.richardendsor.co.uk/about-me/4539579061
Synopsis
Inspired by the recent discovery of mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship, written by the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, The Warship Tyger is an illustrated history of the HMS Tyger, one of the smaller warships of the Restoration period.
Tyger was originally built in the middle of the 17th century and served in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. It was sent to Deptford for rebuilding at the end of the wars in 1674, but the ship was left to deteriorate over the next few years and ended up as a sunken wreck at the bottom of the great double dock. Eventually, the yard officers at Deptford wrote that there was “no such thing as the Tyger” and wanted to pay off the last warrant officers belonging to her. However, King Charles II decided otherwise and kept her on the books to eventually reappear as a “rebuilt” but in fact, entirely new ship in 1681.
This book is replete with beautiful and detailed illustrations of the construction of the Tyger and explores both its complicated history and its complex rebuilding, complete with deck plans, internal sections, and large scale external shaded drawings. The title also explores associated ships including another fourth-rate ship, the Mordaunt, which was purchased into the navy and had a dimensional survey made of her at the time by John Shish. A rare contemporary section drawing of another fourth-rate English ship and constructional drawings of Shish's later fourth-rate ship, St Albans are also included.
Contents:
Foreword: Charles Berkley
Introduction: The Master Shipwright’s in Relation to the Tyger 8
Chapter 1: The Master Shipwright’s consideration 10
Chapter2: Inventions and Innovations 42
Chapter 3: No Such Thing as the Tyger 64
Chapter 4: Planning a new Tyger 80
Chapter 5: John Shish’s Account of the Dimensions of a Ship 102
Chapter 6: The Draught of the New Tyger 122
Chapter 7: Building the New Tyger 196
Chapter 8: The New Tyger Commissioned 237
Chapter9: The Tyger’s Guns 258
Chapter 10: Contemporary Shipbuilding Contracts Unveiled 271
Appendix 1: The Medway Warrant 288
Appendix 2: The Mordaunt Survey 289
Endnotes 296
Index 301
Drawings:
All the drawings are full color with a very good resolution on glass paper. The scale used for all the plans is 1:72.
HMS Mordaunt: – Stern view 127
- The reconstructed draught 179-182
- Longitudinal section 183-185
- Midship cross section 186
- Topside plan 216-219
- Upper deck and gundeck 220 – 223
- Broadside view 224-226
- The stern and steerage bulkhead view 226
- General view from ahead and forecastle bulkhead 227
- Boats 238
- Riggings 240-245
- Guns 266-269
Resume :
What can I say? Honestly nothing, the book is amazing in terms of naval history and ship building, very well documented and with very good drawings.
This is a gift book because of the price, and because of the information you will find inside related to the 4th rate ships and how they build it at that time. For a modeler it is a fortune to understand and to enter in the lifetime of that period, to understand the masters of ship building.
Web page of Mr. Richard Endsor:
Here you can find a lot of information and the possibility to buy plans for the ship you preferred.
by Richard Endsor
- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Osprey Publishing (March 10, 2020)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1472838386
- ISBN-13: 978-1472838384
- Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 1.3 x 11.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
About the autor :
Richard Endsor is an engineer by profession, but has devoted considerable time to researching 17th-century ships -- his project on the Lenox took twelve years to complete. Richard was a trustee of the Nautical Museum Trust and is a member of the Society for Nautical Research. He has had numerous articles published in Mariner's Mirror and is also an accomplished artist, having exhibited at the RSMA exhibition. He also lectures widely on maritime topics.
http://www.richardendsor.co.uk/about-me/4539579061
Synopsis
Inspired by the recent discovery of mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship, written by the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, The Warship Tyger is an illustrated history of the HMS Tyger, one of the smaller warships of the Restoration period.
Tyger was originally built in the middle of the 17th century and served in the Anglo-Dutch Wars. It was sent to Deptford for rebuilding at the end of the wars in 1674, but the ship was left to deteriorate over the next few years and ended up as a sunken wreck at the bottom of the great double dock. Eventually, the yard officers at Deptford wrote that there was “no such thing as the Tyger” and wanted to pay off the last warrant officers belonging to her. However, King Charles II decided otherwise and kept her on the books to eventually reappear as a “rebuilt” but in fact, entirely new ship in 1681.
This book is replete with beautiful and detailed illustrations of the construction of the Tyger and explores both its complicated history and its complex rebuilding, complete with deck plans, internal sections, and large scale external shaded drawings. The title also explores associated ships including another fourth-rate ship, the Mordaunt, which was purchased into the navy and had a dimensional survey made of her at the time by John Shish. A rare contemporary section drawing of another fourth-rate English ship and constructional drawings of Shish's later fourth-rate ship, St Albans are also included.
Contents:
Foreword: Charles Berkley
Introduction: The Master Shipwright’s in Relation to the Tyger 8
Chapter 1: The Master Shipwright’s consideration 10
Chapter2: Inventions and Innovations 42
Chapter 3: No Such Thing as the Tyger 64
Chapter 4: Planning a new Tyger 80
Chapter 5: John Shish’s Account of the Dimensions of a Ship 102
Chapter 6: The Draught of the New Tyger 122
Chapter 7: Building the New Tyger 196
Chapter 8: The New Tyger Commissioned 237
Chapter9: The Tyger’s Guns 258
Chapter 10: Contemporary Shipbuilding Contracts Unveiled 271
Appendix 1: The Medway Warrant 288
Appendix 2: The Mordaunt Survey 289
Endnotes 296
Index 301
Drawings:
All the drawings are full color with a very good resolution on glass paper. The scale used for all the plans is 1:72.
HMS Mordaunt: – Stern view 127
- Boardside 128-130
- Draught 131 – 134
- Decks 135-137
- The roundhouse 138
- The head 139
- Broadside and stern view 155-158
- The deck plans 159-161
- The fore and aft sections view 162-163
- The roundhouse view 163
- The reconstructed draught 179-182
- Longitudinal section 183-185
- Midship cross section 186
- Topside plan 216-219
- Upper deck and gundeck 220 – 223
- Broadside view 224-226
- The stern and steerage bulkhead view 226
- General view from ahead and forecastle bulkhead 227
- Boats 238
- Riggings 240-245
- Guns 266-269
Resume :
What can I say? Honestly nothing, the book is amazing in terms of naval history and ship building, very well documented and with very good drawings.
This is a gift book because of the price, and because of the information you will find inside related to the 4th rate ships and how they build it at that time. For a modeler it is a fortune to understand and to enter in the lifetime of that period, to understand the masters of ship building.
Web page of Mr. Richard Endsor:
Naval historian | Richard Endsor
Website for author, naval and maritime historian Richard Endsor
www.richardendsor.co.uk
Here you can find a lot of information and the possibility to buy plans for the ship you preferred.