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Brian Marick

This reader of the Aubrey/Maturin novels found “Hammocks: a Maritime Tool” well worth a skim. Illustrations that resolved some questions I didn’t know I had about the use of hammocks in naval ships during the Napoleonic Wars.

thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstre

Also: looking at the build instructions for an HMS Speedy model helps. (Sophie in /Master and Commander/ was Speedy in real life.)

vanguardmodels.co.uk/wp-conten

Also: modelshipworld.com/topic/22420

Picture of a two-masted sailing ship, titled “H.M. Brig-Sloop Speedy 1782 Building Manual”
An image of the Speedy model without the deck on, showing the division of “below” into compartments. A figure of a man gives a sense of scale. This is *small* for ~50 men.
#patrickOBrian#aubrey#maturin
Jul 09, 2023, 02:58 PM·Public·Mona for Mac
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