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How Ships Are Built in Holland Today
Figure 2.25. (top) Plate XXVII. Transom in the tuck.
Figure 2.26. (drawing S)
Figure 2.27. (drawing T)
Figure 2.28. (drawing H)
(center left) Plate L (center right) Plate L (bottom) Plate XLIX
also provided a struct ure to whic h the pl anking was fastened.
9. The Stern timbers.
The stern timbers are mostl y made as far above the wing transom as the sternpost is long.
(55 II 9) Stern timbers: are timbers that come above the tuck, and typical for Pinases.
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(74 I 3) The lower parts of the stern timbers are as broad as the fashion pieces, come up as much above the sternpost as the sternpost is long, and are 2 feet broader than half the wing transom: they lie straigh t across the transoms, and at on the fashion pieces, fastened with nails and bolts.
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(67 I 13) 6. The stern timbers thick 2⁄3 the sternpost. 7. Agreeing with the cur ve of the fashion pieces
below.
8. The upper ends as long as the wing transom is
far from the keel.
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Or: (68 II 7) The stern timbers as far above the tran- som as the sternpost is long.
9. The Stern Timbers
The last stage of stern construction was making the stern timbers, which determined the amount of room above the main deck. Their length, including the par t overlapping the fashion pieces, was equal to the height of the wing transom—that is, according to the formula. It is clear that as the height of the st ern was r educed in the c ourse of the century, the leng th of the stern timbers diminished accordingly.
The top ends of the stern timber s were angled tow ard each other. The amount of inclination changed with the
(66 II 47 )
(67 I 18)
som.
9. Above wide 3⁄5 the length of the wing tran-
(73 II 5 1) 3. The stern timbers long 23 feet above the wing transom, above wide 10 feet 6 inches, thick 8 inches, below broad 20 inch es, above thick 6 inches, broad 7 inches.
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