Bill Bones
Landlubber
This are a set of cutaway drawings of an unidentified Spanish ship of the line; a 74-guns ship from the "Ildefonsinos" series (built upon the model of the terribly successful San Ildefonso); probably this ship is the Montañés, built in 1794.
This cutaways are shipyard cutaways, a part of the original papers of the ship, and probably where drawn upon the construction in order to be used for teaching. Currently they're preserved at the Museo Naval in Madrid
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<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/377673553_c0d43e5cff_o.jpg" target="_blank">Sections along lines AB and CD of vertical cutaway</a>
Top: AB showing the ballast of old iron and guns.
Bottom: CD showing the first rows of casks; water and gunpowder.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/377673555_f9c438fb33_o.jpg" target="_blank">Sections along line EF of vertical cutaway and orlop deck</a>
Top: EF showing the upper rows of casks; water and gunpowder.
Bottom: Orlop deck
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/377673557_9e866af88a_o.jpg" target="_blank">First battery</a>
Showing the 1st battery of 28 guns of 24. There are two gun ports for aft guns.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/377673559_dd3c205739_o.jpg" target="_blank">2nd battery and a troublesome word</a>
Showing the 2nd battery of 30 guns of 18 and the "<i>combés</i>", however it's called in English. (In Spanish, <i>combés</i>= "space between the foremast and the mainmast, at the upper deck or top battery"
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/377673560_513837a9ee_o.jpg" target="_blank">Poop deck, quarterdeck and forecastle</a>
Cutaway view of poop deck and top-down view of quarterdeck and forecastle. Showing 10 guns of 8 in the quarterdeck and 6 guns of 8 in the forecastle, totalling 74 guns. Could mount two aft guns at the 1st battery and two bowchaser guns at the forecastle, usually guns of 12.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/377673561_4688043c14_o.jpg" target="_blank">Top-down view</a>
Top-down view of the deck of a 74 guns ship of the line.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/377674862_95541e9b67_o.jpg" target="_blank">Vertical cutaway</a>
Vertical cutaway showing the reference lines AB, CD, EF and the internal arrangement of holds, batteries, decks and chambers.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/377674864_1804104155_o.jpg" target="_blank">74 guns ship of the line with full sail</a>
"Showing a 74 guns ship of the line sailing with the wind to a quarter, which is the best position to make the most sails." (Litherally from the original)
This cutaways are shipyard cutaways, a part of the original papers of the ship, and probably where drawn upon the construction in order to be used for teaching. Currently they're preserved at the Museo Naval in Madrid
GREAT STUFF! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="me.gif" /> <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/377673553_c0d43e5cff_o.jpg" target="_blank">Sections along lines AB and CD of vertical cutaway</a>
Top: AB showing the ballast of old iron and guns.
Bottom: CD showing the first rows of casks; water and gunpowder.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/377673555_f9c438fb33_o.jpg" target="_blank">Sections along line EF of vertical cutaway and orlop deck</a>
Top: EF showing the upper rows of casks; water and gunpowder.
Bottom: Orlop deck
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/377673557_9e866af88a_o.jpg" target="_blank">First battery</a>
Showing the 1st battery of 28 guns of 24. There are two gun ports for aft guns.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/377673559_dd3c205739_o.jpg" target="_blank">2nd battery and a troublesome word</a>
Showing the 2nd battery of 30 guns of 18 and the "<i>combés</i>", however it's called in English. (In Spanish, <i>combés</i>= "space between the foremast and the mainmast, at the upper deck or top battery"
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/377673560_513837a9ee_o.jpg" target="_blank">Poop deck, quarterdeck and forecastle</a>
Cutaway view of poop deck and top-down view of quarterdeck and forecastle. Showing 10 guns of 8 in the quarterdeck and 6 guns of 8 in the forecastle, totalling 74 guns. Could mount two aft guns at the 1st battery and two bowchaser guns at the forecastle, usually guns of 12.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/377673561_4688043c14_o.jpg" target="_blank">Top-down view</a>
Top-down view of the deck of a 74 guns ship of the line.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/377674862_95541e9b67_o.jpg" target="_blank">Vertical cutaway</a>
Vertical cutaway showing the reference lines AB, CD, EF and the internal arrangement of holds, batteries, decks and chambers.
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/377674864_1804104155_o.jpg" target="_blank">74 guns ship of the line with full sail</a>
"Showing a 74 guns ship of the line sailing with the wind to a quarter, which is the best position to make the most sails." (Litherally from the original)
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