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Figure 3.31. The Deventer’s hull completed with hypothetical lines. The wale gives us much to work from. If the height of the bulwark is estimated at
5 feet, then the line of the sheer rail can be traced: it has to be parallel, or almost so, to the wale. The position of the gun room, the height of the stem, and the height of the stern timbers give a reasonable indication as to the heights of the inner spaces (Drawing by A. J. Hoving)
Figure 3.32. Hull shape of the Campen (1628), 112 × 261⁄4 × 111⁄4 feet. Like the Deventer, this ship was probably a man-of-war. The fairly steeply rising floor and strongly raking stem and sternpost, all providing speed, are good indications (Drawing by A. J. Hoving)
feetand1⁄4 highinthesquare,thetuck11feethigh above the keel, the wing transom is long 16 feet.
(106 I 33) A Ship named Over-yssel, Anno 1628 September the 2nd.
Long 120 feet, wide 27 and 1⁄4 inside the planking, or 28 feet, deep at deck level 12 and 1⁄4 feet, the upper deck 6 and 1⁄2 feet high in the sides, the sternpost 21 and1⁄4 feethighinthesquare,raking4or5feet,the stem 18 and 1⁄2 feet high, or 21 feet, raking 17 feet, the tuck is 11 feet high, the wing transom is 16 feet long, or 16 feet and 8 inches, the bottom is 17 and 1⁄2 feet wide, or 18 feet, the top of the turn of the bilge plank- ing 5 feet and 1⁄4, the oor timbers thick 9 inches, at the turn of the bilge the planking 7 inches, at the rst wale51⁄2 inches,thedeckbeamsare12inchesthick andsquare,thewalebeneath thegunports12inches broad, the lowermost wale of the same breadth, both 6 inches thick, the beakhead is 20 feet long, to be mea- sured on the upper face of the lower stud of the head , the lion is long 61⁄2 feet.
(106 II 3) A Ship made, named Prins Wilhelm, Anno 1630 January the 20th.
Long 157 feet, wide 37 feet, deep below the low- ermost continuous deck, w hich is the or lop deck, 13 feet, above that, being the gun deck 5 feet and 1⁄2, the
upper deck above that 7 feet and
room 8 feet 1⁄4 high, long 26 feet. The stem 28 feet in the square, raking 27 and 1⁄2 feet, curving from one end to the other 6 feet, 4 5 feet long measured along the curve, thick 17 inches, at the fron t 12 inches. The sternpost 28 feet high, raking 5 1⁄2 feet, thick 17 inches, the back face 11 in ches, broad as appropriate. The wing transom is 22 feet long. The tuck, from the keel, stands at 15 feet, the keel is 23 inches broad, deep 20 inches. The scarfs 9 f eet long. The stern timbers stand 29 feet above the wing transom, 12 feet apart at the top. The bottom is 24 feet wide, rising 9 inches, the top of the turn of the bilge planking 5 feet and 4 inches, there it is 33 feet wide. The futtocks curve out- ward 2 feet. The oor timbers 13 inches deep, at the bilgeplanking9inches,atthetop5 1⁄2 inchesthick. The deck clamps 6 inches thick, the deck beams thick 15 inches square, l ying 4 feet apart, thick 4 1⁄2 inches, rising 3 feet to for ward, aft 1 [missing digit; possibly “10” or “11”] foot 3⁄4. The mainmast stands 3 and 1⁄2 feet, behind the middle of the lowermost deck. The upper deck beams deep 11 inches and 1⁄4. The waterways on the lowermost deck thick 5 and 1⁄2 inches, on the gun deck 6 and 1⁄2 inches thick. 5 Stern knees in the peak aft, and riders. Forward in the bow, up to the deck, 9 breast knees. The keelson thick 12 inches, broad 3 feet. A futtock rider for each second deck beam, three pairs
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