663 / 868
S
1-1
of ü,e upper dock.
8S.
The gr"ings al ,out tilo m. in.
maU
89,
The coaeh, or eoulled·eh.mber.
90.
The
na1f_Care
up
tO lhe
quarter·dcck.
O.
The quaner.deck.
91,
TiJe be>n19.
92,
Tlle " r·
Jims.
9~1
Thé
p:Hto~rs
of lhe
m1Z1.f?n
m~fl.
94 . The
g.ngway up lO the poop.
95.
T he bulk.lle,d of Ihe cud·
dy .
P.
The poop,
96.
The trumpeter', cabin.
97.
Tbe
l·afl"<reJ .
~
The captain_líeutenant
0,
cabbip .
R.
The cuJddy, ufuaJJy di,id, d for the maCler and fe·
crl'tt\ry's aRicas.
S. The ¡late.room, out of wbieh is made Ihe b, d·eham·
bl'r
I
an'd other
conveDiences
fo r lhe
comm::tnda
in
cl¡ier.
98.
The entrance into Ihe gallery
99.
The bulk·head of
Ihe greal eabbm.
100,
The flero·ligh" anJaflergallem•.
T , The ward-room.
alloaed
for
lhe heuten,tOlS
and
Ia.d·oflieers.
'0 1,
The lower gall<ry.
107,
The lIe«·
:lge anu
blllk~hcitd
of the ward room. 103,' The whip–
{lalf, eommandlng Ihe ,,11a'r.
104,
T he .her {I.m ·cafe
dO,wn lO lhe lower gun.deck.
V, Several officers cabbins abaft
lhe
ma¡o_mafl, whcre
tbe (oldiers generaJJy keep guardo
VV ,
The gun·room . 1°5, Thc tillar commanding
che
rudde r.
106,
The rudder.
107,
The Clero. pofl.
108.
T he tillar_tranfom .
109,
The feveral tranfoms.
viz.
1,
2,
3, 4"5·
1
:
o.
T he
gll
o.room porrs, or
(lern
chale.
11 1, The
bread. room
fcuule,
oue
of
(he
gun_room.
t
12.
The m.i n cap{lon.
112.
The main capOon.
113.
The
p,JI
of ,he eap{lon.
11 4.
The partner.
11 5.
T he bulk·
head of Ihe bread rOom.
X, 1'h.e bread. room
Y.
1'he{leward's room. ",here aJl
provlfiúns are weighed and (('rved
out.
L,
T he
coc.I(-plt,
where are fubdiviGons for Ihe purfer. the furgeon. and
his mates .
AA
The platrorm. or orlop, where provifion is made
for the wounded
in ti'Tle
of (ervice.
I
J
6, T ht!
hold
:.bart
Ihe
main.m.Cl.l'
í,
The lIep of Ihe mlz, n mafl.
1,8.
T he keelfon. or /alfe keel.
119,
T he dead·wood, or ri·
fing.
D 'ff'" ,nt Jindt
O}
SHIPS.
AJI
fhips al fir{l were of Ihe
(ame form , whalever
ures (hey
were
defigned
(or ; bUl
1he
vapous ends
of navigatioo.
(ame of which were
bet–
ter anfwe:oed
by
oo:!
fo rm,
fome
by
another, foon gave
occa{ion
la
build
dnd
lit
out
Chips,
not
on~y
ddF( rc:nt
in
bignefs,
but
alfo
in
thejr
conll ruétion
and
rigging;
and
as
trJ.degave occ",fioo tO
the fitting
out
large
fice.¡s
of
different kinds
of merchant
fh;ps
j
fo
(JlIPS
o( war
be–
came
ne:-e
!T.HY, tO
prefa ve
then¡
10
thelr
juft
proprietOrs.
SHIPSOF
WAR.
h3\'e three mafls ,
and a
bowfprit,and
are
fai!ed wi th
fql.luc
fllils ;
the olher parlS being
'as deferi·
b<d dhove, and reprefented in Plate CX L 'lI l L 1'lley are
dlVid\.':d ioto (everal
orders,
callcd
ra lo ;
that
IS,
their '"de–
grec or
ddlio'éhon
as
10
n1ilgnilud«!.
bur<l~n ,
6 e.
T he
Tate
is ufu. lly accouoled by Ihe lenglh and breadlh of
the
gun-deck,
{he
number of tons.
and
the
numbn of
nte'O
and
gllns the
vdrd
carr¡es. T here
are fix
ral-':S,
:liz.
A
COOlmon
fidl·r:ne
man
o(war has
its gun·de,·k
from
' ,9
10 178
re.. io length, and from
44 "05 1
b,oad.
It
coo'a¡os
f'fom
13 13
to
2000
taos;
has
from
706
tO 1000
men, ;tnd
q
n
!
r
om
9~
to
100
guns. HUI
00'"
':lf
lhe
,",uH conGd"..lJle fi, ll·rale fhips W3S that butll ot Woolich
S H
in
I ¡v I :
thcdjmcnfion~
who:reof are
~s
fl.llJow:
Th~
lenr.th,
21 0
fect;
numiler
oT
2110-.
11 0 ;
nurut,,(.!r
oE
men,
1'250';
nU/1lb<.:r
of
tons. 2,00; d"
,L1~h(
of
wall:r,
22
reel ;
the
múnf.lil in
lenglh
54
yards depth
19
~
main
",<In
ill
longlh
~9
feet. in d,amete'
)8
illches; weighl
01
Ih.
andlor 82 Cwt.
I
qr .
I 't
ID
i
c. ble
in length
100
yards,
d'ftOleter 22 incht's.-
The
expencc
01
bllddlng
a cammon
fi rH rare, \Vit h guns, tackltng, and
r:cglOg
is
compolld
.1 60,00ó /.
lIerltng.
Second.r..e OlOpS I,"ve Ih,ir gun.decks from
153
to
165
fe.. long, and (rom
41 10 46
brodd: Ihey eonl>in
fr o",
1086 10 1482
lons; and corry from
5~4
to
640
meno and from
84
to
90
gu os.
Third
rates h¡u'e
thei r
gun·dccks
from
140
to
150
feet ID length. h om 37 42 (eet
bro~d:
they
eOnt aln
from
871
'o
1262 .IOOS;
carry from
389 "04 76
meo••ndltom
64 1080
guns.
founh
rateos
are
in lengt h on the
gun.derks
from
118
lo
146
fee<. and from
29 10 38
broad , Ihey conloin from
418
' o
9 ' 5
IOns ;
carry ITom
~26
to
346
men. and from
48 10 60
guns.
Flfth
riol.te!S
h..
ve their
gun-decks from
100 to 110
rect
long. and flor;¡
24 10 3 "
hl'oad: Ihey eontoln from
259
tO
542 wnsj
and
ca lry
frOJo
14 5 la 190
men,
and
from
26
'o
44
guns.
•
S,xlh · T.les ha.. Iheir gun.deek. f, om
87 10 95
feet
)on:~
•
..
nd
(rom
22 tO 25
broad : they
com.infrom
15~
to 256
tons;
carry
from
40 la 110 men,
and (rom
16 to
24
guns.
lo
i,
10
be obfervrd, Ihat Ihe ocw·built fhips are muen
larger,
;:¡,s
weJl
~s
better,
than
the oJd ones o( the fanle
Tate; whenee
the
double
numbers all along ; the
larger
of which exprefs Ihe propon ions of ,he Dew built fh,ps.
as
Ihe lefs Ihofe of Ihe old ODes.
1\>1
E R.
e
HA NT
!
H IP S
are ellimated
by
their
burden:
that
¡s.
by
the number
of
tons they
bear,
eaeh
ton
reckened
at
2000 lO
weighl; Ihis eOimate b,i og m,dc by
g,u~ing
Ihe hold. whieh is Ihe proper place or loadiog.
Befides
thofe
mcotiened
above,
there
are
'Otht'T
(orms:
as.
1
T he bilander. (Plate CXLlX.
fig.
2. )
which
has
rig~ing
,nd fails
D~I
unlike o hoy. only brol d" .nd
fI :ltter : bilanders
are
feldolll abol"e
lweQ[y-four
tOOS,
aad
can
lie
nearer lhe wind
than
a
vecrd
with elofs-(ads
caD
do.
2 .
Somb.veffcls.
(ibid.
fig.
3.)
have fometi mes
thrce
maOs, and fquare
{,¡ils,
as
repre(ented; but thty
are alfo frl!quenr!y ketch-(alhion, with one: maít u.d a
m zen
; . Briga."oes
(ibld.
6g.
~
) are now difufed ;
but h. d two m.{ls, and fquare fails .
4.
H' g·boalS
(inid,
fig.
5' )
are m.fled and fatlcd fhip.f.,fh inn, bUI are bu" t
in Ihe form (,f Ih. D UlCh fly·boat .
5.
H oys (i6id. fig.
6. )
;;¡re
fitt ed
with enl!
mAfi
and
a
fpn t-Iail ;
\\ho(e
y.uds
{\.¡nd ton:
and
af, hkc a m
:z.en,
fo
that
it
C;Jn lle neH
che
wiorl . 6. Hulk<
(ibid.
fig .
7.)
are gencrally old fh lps
CUt
down to the
gun_d~ck ,
and
6tted wuh a
Jale;
""hcel,
for men
tO
go
in
\\·ht'o careening :
it has
alfo
(<" \'eral
('ap–
Ilon~
fixed on its
dt'ck ,
fo r fc>tt ing o,ips manso , . Keh.:hes
(iloid
~g.
8.)
are! IitteJ
\Virh
IWO
malh;
and
lhcH
nIdl O–
f.,1 ,nd IUp fa o!
{I.ndfq udl e as Ihofe of Olip' do, bUI
th"i r loce.f. il and jibh,
<S
Ihuf< o( hoy' do. 8 . L ichlers
(,hiJ.
hg .
9.)
are v ff"s O1. J : uf, of fo, Id )
in~
du\!
n.orfh lftir.g du.:
Illoorings.
foc
blingiog
"O\Nt"
or
c.u r)ln~.Jn
Lro3u Ih,p, caJ.¡ks, anchors,
6c.
9. P ,ok, (ij;
i.lib ·
' o.)
f.¡J .