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Eilelwen

Wenden
Date 1705
Danish Ship of the Line
Plans.Wenden
Length: 53.3919 Meters.
Beam: 13.81908 Meters
Guns 72-70 = 24-24, 24-18, 16-8, 8-6
2 Stern Chasers, probably 2 bow chasers






After the ELEPHANTEN of 1703, and the JUSTITIA of 1707, WENDEN was the next largest Danish battleship to be constructed in the twenty-three year period between the building of the colossal FREDERICUS QUARTUS, in 1699, and the DRONNING ANNA SOPHIA, completed in 1722, two years after the conclusion of the Great Northern War in 1720.

Aside from being one of Denmark's largest battleships of her day, WENDEN was also beautiful, though certainly not as beautiful as the incomparable ELEPHANTEN, or perhaps the later, and larger, JUSTITIA of 1707.

Judichær's colored design plans of the WENDEN's stern galleries survive in the Danish archives, and they are an excellent adjunct to Judichær's surviving lines plans for the configuration of WENDEN's hull - together, they permit a nearly complete modern impression of the WENDEN's overall appearance, including the ship's decorative scheme.

Judichær's wooden construction model of the WENDEN, showing interior construction detail, still exists, and forms part of the Orlogsmuseet's model collection.

STATUS: In-Game

[Michael O'Dwyer]

remus77
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Postillionen - 20 gun Frigate of 1701
I would like to propose to the Steering Committee the creation of the Danish 20-gun Frigate, the Postillionen, of the Year of our Lord, 1701.

Length: 29.5 meters (at the waterline)
Breadth: 7.2 meters
Draught: 3.9 meters

Armament: 20-6 pounders
2 Stern chasers
Bow chasers: unknown

Launched in 1701 and served till 1706 (unknown fate)

Crew: 80

Plans: (see attached image)
Link: http://www.orlogsbasen.dk/visskib.as...tillionen&la=1

Documentation from the Danish Maritime Museum:
http://www.orlogsmuseet.dk/P/pages/P...onen(1701).htm

Link to Construction Thread:

http://www.flyinglab.com/forums/show...609#post294609

EDIT 9/15/2006 -- Status: In Game

[Michael O'Dwyer]

Eilelwen
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: San Diego
Posts: 427


Joint Project San Fernando
Project Creators, Eilelwen/Remus.

San Fernando
Spanish
62 Gun Broadside.
2 Stern Chasers.
Can't Determine if there are 2 Bow Chasers.
Length 44.25 meters

Plans.
http://eilelwen.com/Gallery/album04/plan01small
http://eilelwen.com/Gallery/album04/plan02small
http://eilelwen.com/Gallery/album04/plan03small


EDIT 9/29/2006 -- Status: Provisionally Approved

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[Michael O'Dwyer]

leadtail
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Aledo, Texas
Posts: 105


Seeing how it's about done guess I should post it here.

This ship has many names as follows "GroBe Yacht", "New Yacht", "Great Yacht", "Golden Yacht", or "Doro Yacht". The found the following info about it on the web.

Quote:
The Great Yacht which is also called New Yacht or Gold Yacht was built by G. Peckelhering in 1678 - 1679 in Kolberg per sample of sea yacht of prince William III.

The length of Great Yacht was 70 feet (according to another source - 72 feet). The width was 21 feet and the draft - 5 feet. The Yacht had eight cannon ports. The crew consisted of 12 persons; during wartime it increased to 50 persons.

The Yacht was a good sailboat. Since 1680 it was based in Pillau, in 1693 it navigated to Amsterdam, in 1694 it made a voyage from Emden to London conveying the Branderburg ambassador T. von Dankelmann.

At the end of the 1690s and up to 1700 it was in Berlin, then again in Emden till in 1721 it became worthless.

* Type of craft - Yacht
* A link to or scan of your source plans - Plan1 Plan2 Plan3
* Length along the waterline - 21.18 meters from end of rudder to keel
* Breadth - 6.5 meters
* Draught - 1.5 meters
* Armament - 8 @ 6 pounds
* A link to a feedback thread - Project Thread

EDIT 10/06/2006 -- Status: Provisionally Approved

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[Michael O'Dwyer]

Vaisseau de 24 canons, 5eme rang
From Paris's plans, a 5th Rate Frigate of 24 guns. Unlike most of the ships in so far this will be, like Cornwallis' frigate a two decked ship. She has 16 guns on the upper deck and a partial lower deck of 8 guns.

I plan to do two version one with the lower gun ports closed. This version will be a Merchant version of 16 guns.

According to Baudriot she should mount 8lbs guns on the lower deck and 6lbs on the upper deck.
Sorry forgot to add the link.
She is 34 meters as measured by Paris.

Will be in game as of 1.2 as Athena, 24 and Minerva, 36.

[Michael O'Dwyer]

Xaphod
Purple Fish of Doom!

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hmm.. forgot to add this.

Heavy "Agamemnon" Bark

• Source: endeavour plans & various sources incl. Chapman, etc.
• Length at the waterline: 32m (same as endeavour)
• Breadth - sames as Endeavour
• Draft - not as shallow as Endeavour, but TBC.
• Armament: 14 medium cannon, 12 light cannon, 4 heavy cannon (chasers); 6 swivels.
• Thread http://www.flyinglab.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12305

This has already been provisionally provisionally approved http://archive.burningsea.com/forums...ilies/wink.gif
In Game
Quote:
the S. C. solidly supports the idea of "refitting" the bark to give it more bite. Please verify the plans, but it looks like there would be enough room under the main deck to add a tier of guns -- probably about 8-10 per side. Of course, the upper tier guns would probably be made lighter -- and several possibly be replaced with swivels -- but it would still be a fearsome opponent to encounter. If you're interested in performing the necessary surgery on your bark to accommodate this style of refit, you'll definitely get a green light from The Powers That Be.

[Michael O'Dwyer]

Jabberdau
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Project "Poseidon"

4th rate ship of the line based on the 1740 Oldenborg plans at orlogsbasen

Source: Sidedrawing, Sailplan
Lenght between perpendiculars: 49.6 m or 158.1 danish foot
Lenght at waterline: to be determined
Breadth: 13.2 m or 42 danish foot
Draught: 6 m at the stern (19 danish foot)
Armament:

Maindeck: 10 - 8pd.
Middledeck: 26 - 12pd.
Lowerdeck: 24 - 24pd.

Plus chasers at both ends perhaps, but at least 60 combined.

Tonnage: 1996
Crew: 486

Edit 7/8/2007 -- Status: Provisionally Approved
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Working thread http://www.burningsea.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10288

[Michael O'Dwyer]

Hans
Barbary Raider

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Location: Nebraska
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HMS Cruizer, Snow rigging, 16 guns, pink hull.

A warship built in 1732 for the Royal navy. Over 100 ships of this class would eventually be produced, some with different rigs such as ketches and schooners.

Source of plans are scans taken from books I own written by Howard Chappelle and a rigging plan copy by Conway of a swedish shipwright Chapman design.

84 feet long.

Edit 1/11/2008 -- Status: In Game

[Michael O'Dwyer]

Hans
Barbary Raider

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18 gun corvette from Deane's Doctrine.

Somewhat modified, changing the armament from 18 guns on the gun deck to 16 guns and 2 smaller guns on the quarterdeck, and 2 bow chasers.

1670.

English.

106 feet

Edit 9/21/2007 -- Status: Provisionally Approved
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[Michael O'Dwyer]

A small yacht

Chapmans plate 45 #8

She is 29.5 feet as Chapman measures, fls length is 31 ft, 3 1/4 in.

The wip thread is here

Status: Provisionally Approved