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The Royal Yacht

Royal Caroline

1749

belonging to Their Brittanick Majestys George Rex II & George Rex III

The Ship

Built: 1749, at Deptford
Cost:
Hull Mast and Spars
Furnishings and fittings
Sculptures
Gilding
Total 		Estimated:
£6137
£1360
£  906
£1507
£9910
 		Actual:
£  6137 +
£  1360 +
£  1100 11s
£  1521
£12,390
Launched: January 29, 1750
Length: 90 ft. 1 in.
Maximum Width
inside planking: 		24 ft.
Depth in Hold
at mainframe: 		12 ft. 2 in.
Guns: 12 - 3 pounders,
14 - swivels
Pairs of oars: 5
Renamed: Royal Charlotte; 1761
Broken Up: 1820

The Model

Scale: 1:48 (1/4 in. = 1 ft.)
Plans: Click for full-size plan. from Architechtura Navalis Mercatoria
Plate XLIX, No. 1.
Length (case) 35 1/2 In.
Width (case) 11 in.
Height (case) 14 1/4 in.
Construction "Dockyard" style construction.
Construction time: two years (1989-1991);
Scratch build entirely from home-milled timbers of pear, madrone, apple, and boxwood.
References: Architechtura Navalis Mercatoria
by Fredrik Henrik ap Chapman
Originally published in Stockholm in 1768.

The Royal Yacht Caroline
Sergio Bellabarba & Giorgio Osculati
ISBN 0-87021-600-7

Navy Board Ship Models 1650-1750
John Franklin
ISBN 0-87021-442-X

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The cabin decks are marquettry.

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