I just look at pictures and follow lines. DB does the real work here.
I just look at pictures and follow lines. DB does the real work here.
Admittedly that's not a lot different than what I do... harvest text from Winfield and ThreeDecks and look for patterns that suggest probable similarity (eg same designer, yard and on slips at same time), and then trawl Greenwich to see if they have any drawings. Madrid, I'd LIKE to use as a source but all they post are thumbnails that are smaller than our models... which make them completely useless for comparison. :(Originally Posted by TexaS
Worth noting that we can probably assume clean breaks from prior designs at around 1729 ("first French" phase), 1750 (Jorge Juan/"English" design system), 1770 (Gautier/"second French" phase) and 1782 (Landa/Retamosa "Spanish Consolidation").
--Diamondback
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I had forgotten about Three Decks. I used it a lot when I did my History of the various British Ships of the Line. I must revisit it again.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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