The Great Ordnance Survey OF 1698 A Facsimile by Richard Endsor and Frank Fox high-quality illustrations by Dorin Paul

high-quality illustrations by Dorin Paul Bucur

represented a snapshot of the model ship building today

or with lifts for a solid hull

The first shows all of the scantlings from the 1719

The Great Ordnance Survey OF 1698 A Facsimile by Richard Endsor and Frank Fox high-quality illustrations by Dorin PaulIn the late 1690s the British Ordnance Office undertook a survey of all the great guns in the Royal Navy and Coastal Defense Batteries. The result was a document of close to 500 large pages showing the size and identifying number of all the great guns onboard ships, in dockyard storage and assigned to particular ships and in coastal emplacements. The document, reproduced here with only minor adjustments, is in a clear hand and is very readable.