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How Ships Are Built in Holland Today
Inthepaststeelbogen,RondaszenenPanoizen [?], were added, but these are no longer used.
12 Spits.
20 Spare measures. 20 Hand grenades.
8 Ship axes.
2 Mounted Shovels. 2 Spades.
10 Flints.
200 Pounds of scrap.
200 Pounds of Musket Balls.
25 Pounds of Bar lead. 25 Pounds of bar shot
1 Roll of sheet lead, weighing 150 lbs. 24 Iron Crowbars.
60 Rings and cramps for the guns.
10 Port lid hinges. 20 Gun-tackle hooks.
10 Spare Bolts.
90 Linchpins for the Gun carriages.
10 Pigtails. 1 Mallet.
24 Rings and Cramps for the gunports. 30 Washers.
20 Handspikes.
8 Hooks for the Gun carriages. 6 Plates for the same.
40 Iron Cringles.
2 Splicing ds.
3 Marlin spikes.
3 Flat Padlocks.
5 Round Nuremberg padlocks.
1 Bolt of 5 ft., with 8 foot-irons.
2 Bolts of 4 ft., with 6 foot-irons.
1 Bolt of 1 ft., with 2 foot-irons.
Hand and sh grapnels, of w hich the rst have crooked barbed hooks to the ukes, and the second have a short shank.
Besides this, on board the ship there is also need for.
80 Fathoms second-laid [?] Shrouds. 30 Fathoms opstaende[?] Shrouds.
4 Second-laid [?] Straps.
1⁄2 Bundle of ne rope for Port ropes.
12 Bushels of Houseline. 10 Bushels of Marline.
1 Line of sixes.
2 Gunlines.
10 Leather Fire buckets.
3 Hides to cover up the powder.
2 Beurs-vaetjes [budge barrels?] of 50 pounds.
1 Beurs-vaetje of 25 pounds.
1 Bunch of Cork, to make wads.
1 Black hole Lantern.
2 Closed ⎫⎬ Lanterns.
1 Open⎭
1 Magazine Lantern.
1 Powder measure for Bandoleers. 1 Powder measure for Cartridges. 1 Powder measure of half a pound. 1 Of a quarter pound.
24 Handspikes. 10 Rammers.
24 Stool beds. 24 Quoins.
10 Double Tackle blocks. 12 Single Tackle blocks. 2 Long Tackle blocks.
6 Chocks for Gunner’s ladles. 10 Chocks for Ramrods.
10 Chocks for Rope Ramrods. 10 Chocks for Rope Sponges. 10 Large Carriage trucks.
10 Small Carriage trucks.
2 Commanders for the Master Gunner. 2 Wooden hammers.
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16 Wooden Sponges. 20 Rope Sponges.
1 Pound of red paint.
1 Pound of white Paint. 1 Pound of blue.
80 Lanterns for the guns. 20 Sheepskins for sponges.
8 Sponge rods.
16 Powder ladles.
10 Linstocks.
32 Cartridge boxes.
16 Gunner’s Quadrants. 10 Draeplooden [?]
Master Gunner’s tools.
1 Copper pair of Scales.
4 Pounds of Iron weights. 2 Pounds of Lead weights.
1 Powder sieve with Drum.
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