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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891, 



The keel, with a lenfuth of 45J feet, is made of a solid piece of oak 

 and is fitted directly to the stem and stern (Fig-. 129); the width amid- 

 ships, owing- to the absence of some of the upper planks, can not now 

 be determined accurately, but may be estinuited at 14i feet, with a per- 

 ])endicular height from keel to bulwark of somewhat over 4 feet. 



The frames, thirteen in number, are 

 united by crossbeams, and are not fixed 

 to the keel, but lie free above it. On the 

 top of the frames, fitted onto the over- 

 lying- limbs of the knees and their con- 

 tinuations, rest the ends of the beams, 

 thus forming a ledge for the ends of the 

 bottom boards to rest in. The knees are 

 attached to the beams. 

 The ribs (Fig. l.'^O) are built of three different layers of wood, of which 

 the upper and lower ones are of oak, the nppcr one exhibiting molding 

 and carved ornamentations, and a middle layer of fir, which is wider than 

 the others and projects on either side. The relative distance of the ribs 



Fig. 129. 

 Connection between Keel and Stems. 



(From G. Ga.le, "The aiiciPiit vessel r..iiiKl ;it Tiuie,' 

 1H72. ) 



Fig. KtO. 

 Km i)F Tune Ship. 



(Fi-.im G. Gn.le. ■' The :,.i,iPlit vessel Iniiri.! :it Tune," 1872. ) 



is rather regular, namely, 2 feet 7 inches. The under side of the ribs 

 have been provided with holes, through whicli the roi)es were ])assed 

 that c(mnecte<l the i)lanks to the ribs. 



The ends of the beams rest on the top of the tramee, where they are 

 fitted on the overlying lower limb of the knees and its continuations, 

 and as both these are somewhat narrow^er than the beam, a ledge is 

 formed on which the ends of the bottom boards rest. 



The planks (Fig. 131), twelve in height, all oriui- 

 mented with molding on the edges, are laid in the 

 ordinary manner of clinker-built ships, each upper 

 plank projecting a little over the edge of the lower 

 one. Their width is from to 12 inches and their 

 thickness 1 inch, with the exception of the eighth 

 plank from the bottom, which is more than 2 inches 

 thick. 



Where the boards are joined they are cut off ob- 

 liquely and held together by three rivets having 

 round heads on the outside and square ones inside; 

 they are placed at intervals of from G to 9 inches. 



Only the bottom plank and the two top planks 

 are fastened to the timbers; iron .spikes had been 

 use<l to fasten the garboard to the keel, and trenails 

 to fix the two upper planks to the knees; all the intervening planks, 



Fig. 131. 

 Fastening op Planks to 



ElBS. 



(From G. Gade, "The .•imiei.t 



vessel found at Tune,'' Im72. ) 



