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Chapter Two
Figure 2.179. Stern and quarter gallery of the pinas model. (Courtesy Cees de Jonge, The Visual Art Box)
(275 I 19) Simulated gunports and gun plugs w hich 82. The Gunports (Port Lids)
are white, can often be seen painted on merchantmen, to appear more defensible.
Because the gu nports have already been di scussed in section 60 ( Make the Chocks above the gunports around the outside), it is probable that the port lids were intended here. They consisted of tw o planks, the one slightly thinner than the other, nailed to each other with the grain of the wood at right angles. F or this a loz enge pattern was gouged on the inside, the nails c oming on each crossing. Supplied with hinges and rings, they were
Figure 2.180. Plate XXXVII. The pins of the port lids come onto the chocks; inside of the port lid.
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(77 II 50) the hinges broad 2 1⁄2 inches, and thick 1⁄4 inch: the pins thick one inch: th e iron work of the port lids is 1⁄4 inch: the lining somew hat thinner than the port lid.
