684 Extract from Stalkartfs Naval Architecture. 



ment in the form of this vessel, and a more advan- 

 tageous system of arming ships of war be introduced, 

 than is at present adopted by any maritime power. 



As it may be proper to make some explanation to 

 such professional men as may have these proposals 

 under their eye, of the peculiar construction of this 

 frigate, and of the manner in which it is proposed to 

 arm her, it will be necessary to observe that, to sail 

 fast being the great leading principle which governs 

 her whole construction, all the water-lines are perfectly 

 fair, and her body is formed in the most exact and 

 beautiful proportions. This extreme delicacy of form, 

 which is most conspicuous near the keel, will not, how- 

 ever, prevent her giving ample stowage for four months' 

 provisions, besides all her stores ; and her great length 

 and breadth above the water will at the same time fur- 

 nish more commodious room for the men's berths, and 

 better accommodation for the officers, than any frigate 

 in the Navy. Her great length, breadth upon the 

 beam, and good bearings, are qualities that will not 

 only enable her to carry a press of sail, but prevent her 

 rolling and pitching too violently in a rough sea. 



It is proposed to give her the masts, yards, and sails 

 of a thirty-two gun frigate, and also the same cables 

 and anchors ; and as it sometimes happens in calm 

 weather that very heavy-going ships make their escape 

 from the fastest sailers under favour of light airs, which 

 often extend but to a small distance, to prevent so 

 mortifying an event, and also to enable this frigate to 

 avail herself of any of those favourable opportunities 

 which sometimes occur for attacking ships of force as 

 they lie becalmed, she will be prepared for rowing with 

 thirty oars and one hundred and twenty men, each oar 



