Best Ship Research links.

[AirborneEnginee]

I found this great thesis on Eighteenth-Century Colonial American Merchant Ship Construction very interesting indeed though I have only read a small portion yet!

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/VanHorn-MA2004.pdf

[Bligh]

I just had a dip into this and found some very interesting points, especially on the attempt to reduce crew to a minimum by the development of easy to use equipment. Also the way in which timber availability effected the constructional methods, and avoidance of wastage. it will certainly influence my play with Merchantmen in the future. Most ships obviously ran on what we would call a skeleton crew. No wonder they got into difficulties if a Man of War's Captain impressed his 10%.

We could really do with a similar work for warships.
Thanks for posting this Airbourne.
Rob.

[AirborneEnginee]

We could really do with a similar work for warships.
Thanks for posting this Airbourne.
Rob.

Rob,

I just happened upon a similar document for the HMS Pallas Frigate!

http://www.academia.edu/1397649/HMS_...l_Navy_frigate

[Bligh]

Another superb find AB.
The appendices are particularly informative.
I will read it all in depth later, but from the snippet I have read so far it looks as if the narrative also contains a wealth of information.
Thanks for posting this.
Rob.

[Cmmdre]

I found this great thesis on Eighteenth-Century Colonial American Merchant Ship Construction very interesting indeed though I have only read a small portion yet!

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/pdf-files/VanHorn-MA2004.pdf

Thank you for this informative link.