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How Ships Are Built in Holland Today
(90 I 12) About the hole through which the painter o f the boat goes.
Inside, above the rst transom, between the stern timber and the chock of the gunport, stands a length of plank on its side, in to and against w hich, comes this hole;isthick3inches,broad16 inches,1footremoved fromthetransom,wide31⁄2 inches,andoutsideonthe tuck a Cardinaels hoet [lit., “cardinal’s hat”] is placed around the hole, thick 3 inches, broad 6 inches.
2. The cleats of the k evels, broad 4 inches, thick 2 in. long 20 in.
106. The Bulkhead before the Gun Room
107. The Butlery (or Pantry)
The butlery was the small room to starboard near the main mast across the galley. This is where the cook kept a working stock and where he and the c oxswains often had their berths.
108. The Galley. (91 II 5) 65. About the Galley.
Which, on M erchantmen, stands on the lower deck, but in men- of-war in the hold: it is put amid- ships, to this or the other side, or also close to the cabin, with the hearth toward the bulkhead.
The galley should be well covered with copper plates, and the hearth brick laid: 7 square feet can be brick-laid with 1000 Leiden bricks, and for ev-
On the lower dec k, forward of the gu n room, a bulk head was raised; it c oincided, as we s aw in section 3 3 (Fas- ten the Deck Clamp), with an inflection of the deck: the deck of the gun room was made flatter than the rest of the lower deck. A door was made to port in the bulkhead, which had to be wide enough to admit a gun. Often racks for storing cartridge bags were mounted against the inner face of the bulkhead.
Since we now are in the gu n room, let’s also t ake a look toward the stern where a hole i s made through the tuck for the towing line or painter of the boat. On the out- side the hole i s ornamented with a rou nd rim, a “c ardi- nal’s hat.” The origin of this name is obvious. The towing line was belayed onto a kevel next to the hole.
107. The Butlery.
(59 I 45) The galley stands at the same level as the butlery, but at the other side, w hich is why it cannot be shown here. In men- of-war it was mostl y lowered down to the hold, athwartships.
ery 3000 stones a hoet mortar.
[probably a cubic measure] of . ..
(91 II 49)
around.
The galley is often sheathed with copper all
(91 II 18) 1. The posts broad 3 1⁄2 inches, thick 3 inches.
2. The galley, wide 6 feet, long four feet.
3. The planks thick 11⁄2 inches.
4. The foot thick 3 inches, broad 15 inches.
It comes 8 inches befo re the mainmast, and below is
6 feet from the ship’s side.
(91 II 40) 5. The lower sill broad 3 1⁄2 inches, thick 3
inches,ishalfroundunderneaththesillasa cymatium. The planks come 8 inches past the posts.
6. The upper sill broad 5 inches, thick 3 inches.
7. The chimney long 5 f eet, above wide 12 inches, below wide 16 inches, the cover long 15 inches.
(91 II 51) 66. About the Butlery to starboard.
The forward side comes 19 inches before the mast, 4 feet and 8 inches from the ship’ s side, but in men- of-
war, it is placed in the hold, against the galley, in which there is a hole, through which the food is handed.
1. The butlery wide 41⁄2 feet, long 5 feet.
2. The corner posts thick 3 inches, broad 4 inches.
3. The ledges and deals as wi th the galley, the door
braces broad 7 in., in w hich there are ledges, but onl y serving to nail something to it.
108. The Galley
The galley was placed to port and covered inside with cop- per plates. Then the hearth was laid inside with fi reproof bricks, reinforced with wrought iron strip s. The galley chimney covered an opening through the dec k above the hearth. The top c over of the c himney could be remo ved and turned away from the wind.
More unexpected evidence of the authentic ity of Wit- sen’s data is the fact that the cover of the chimney comes to exactly the right height between the r ailings, although
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