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Royal Barge

From Chapman, Plate XLVI, No. 2

The Barge

Built: ca. 1750; Europe
Length: 54 1/4 ft.
Beam: 11 ft.
Draught: 2 2/3 ft.
Pairs of oars: 10

The Model

Scale: 1:24 (1/2 inch = 1 foot)
Plans: Click for larger image. from Architechtura Navalis Mercatoria
by Fredrik Henrik ap Chapman, Plate XLVI, No. 2.
Originally published in Stockholm in 1768.
Length 31 1/4 in.
35 in (case)
Width 5 in.
8 in. (case)
Height 9 1/2 in.
13 in. (case)
Construction "Dockyard" style construction.
Scratch build entirely from home-milled timbers of madrone, pear, apple, cherry, and boxwood.
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