HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE.

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A variety of instances occur where the boats of ships have been ordered toattack and destroy a number of vessels, one of which might be considered per-fectly equal to the task of annihilating whole fleets of enemies, that were no bettercalculated to annoy them ; for, according to modern conception, the introduction'of cannon into a boat is an invention of a very recent date. At the battle ofLa Hogue in particular, admiral Russel, in his official dispatch, mentions the

destruction.

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42 Carved work

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49 The stern -

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53 Fashion pieces

54 Poop lanthorns

55 Gun deck beams

56 Carlings

57 Ledges

58 Hanging knees

59 Lodging knees

Hawse piecesDrift bracketsRings about ports-Counter bracketTerm pieceBadge round thelight

Lower counter

Rails

Tafferell

Great cabin lightsthe main transom2d transom.

3d )

60 Breast hook

61 Main A

62 Fore > hatchways

63 After J

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65 Partners to the

66 -

mast

67 Knee of the head

68 Lower cheeks

69 Upper cheeks

70 Trail-board-

71 Rails of the head:

72> Main water line

73 C Horizontal lines, which shew the ■

74 < half breadth at the height of the.

7 5 {_ dotted lines-

76 Rising line

77 Height of breadth line7.8 Half breadth line

79 Narrowing of the floor line

80 Top-timber line

Dimensions of a 6th Rate, 1684-

Length on the deck from the rabbit of the stem to the rabbit of the postMain breadth to the outside of the outboard plankDepth in hold from the ceiling to the upper edge of the beamsBreadth at the aft side of the main transom

The center of the

mast from the rabbit of the Stem-

Height from- the upper deck to the quarter deck abaft

Height from the upper deck to the quarter deck afore

Draught of water abaft 10 feet 8 inches, and afore

Number of men in war 85, and number of guns 24

♦Burthen in tons what she will really carry 124', 9 C . O’. 16 lb »

feet, in;87 8

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