Statistics* 
VESSELS OF WAR. 
■i ge7iei'al vie~iO of the dimensions of the most approved ships of each class in 
the British navy. P^'epared from authentic papers, fur the Register. (Niles.) 
Note. — Fractions omitted. When more than a half, added, when less 
than a half, unnoticed. 
DIMENSIONS OF SHIPS AND 
THEIR APPURTENANCBS. 
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Length of the gun deck feet 
186 
177 
169 
1.58 
146 
140 
126 
118 
lw8 
95 
Do. of the keel for tonnage do 
151 
146 
133 
129 
119 
115 
103 
9/ 
89 
73 
Extreme breadth - do 
52 
49 
46 
44 
40 
37 
35 
34 
30 
27 
Depth in the waist - do 
6 
5h 
6 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
44 
Do. in the hold - - do 
2lh 
21 
20 
19 
17 h 
16 
12 
104 
10 
12 
Burthen - - in to7is 
2162 
1871 
1620 
1336 
1045 
879 
690 
586 
a-29 
300 
Foremast — length »• ya7uis 
34A 
33k 
32 
30 
27 
26 
25 
24 
21 
19 
thickness inches 
34h 
33h 
32 
30 
27 
23 
22 
21 
19 
17 
Alain-mast— length yards 
39 
37 
36 
33 
31 
29 
28 
27 
24 
21 
thickness inches 
39 
37 
36 
33 
29 
26 
24// 
22 
22 
IS 
Alizen mast— length yards 
34 
33 
31 
29 
26 
25 
24 
2U 
18 
17 
thickness inches 
23 
22 
21 
20 
18 
17 
16 
16 
14 
12 
Fore top mast-— ^length yards 
21 
19 
19 
18 
16 
15 
15 
13 
12 
11 
Main top mast do do 
23 
20 
22 
19 
18 
18 
17 
16 
14 
12 
Mizen top mast do do 
16 
16 
15 
14 
13 
13 
13 
12 
11 
9 
Fore top gallant mast do do 
10 
9 
9 
9 
8 
8 
7 
8 
8 
5 
Main top gallant mast do do 
11 
11 
11 
10 
9 
9 
8 
9 
8 
6 
Mizen top gallant mast do do 
8 
8 
8 
7 
7 
7' 
6 
6 
5 
4 
Bowsprit - . do do 
24 
24 
23 
20 
18 
17 
17 
17 
15 
12 
thickness - - piches 
37 
36 
34 
31 
28 
26 
25 
23 
23 
18 
Flying gib boom— length yards 
17 
17 
16 
15 
lo 
13 
12 
12 
11 
9 
Fore yard - do do 
30 
28 
28 
26 
24 
23 
2i 
22 
19 
16 
Main yard - do do 
34 
32 
32 
30 
28 
27 
25 
25 
23 
18 
Mizen yard - do do 
29 
27 
29 
27 
25 
24 
22 
20 
20 
8 
Guxs — gun deck - no. 
3U 
28 
28 
26 
22 
20 
26 
24 
20 
14 
Metal - pounds 
42 
32 
38 
24 
24 
18 
12 
9 
9 
Middle deck - wo. 
28 
30 
Metal - pQWids 
24 
18 
Upper deck - no 
30 
30 
28 
26 
22 
20 
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Metal - po7inds 
12 
12 
18 
18 
12 
9 
1 
Quarter deck and forecastle no. 
12 
2 
18 
12 
6 
3 
6 
4 
1 
Metal — weight pounds 
6 
9 
9 
9 
6 
61 6 
3 
1 
■ — 
A 42 pounder is 9 feet 6 inches long, 6 1-2 in the bore, and weighs 65 cwh 
32 
do 
9 
6 
do 
6 
- 
50 
24 
do 
9 
do 
5 1-2 
. 
48 
18 
do 
9 
do 
5 
r 
39 
12 
do 
9 
do 
4 12 
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34 
9 
do 
7 
6 
do 
4 
25 
6 
do 
6 
do 
3 1-2 
- 
16 
3 
do 
4 
6 
do 
3 
- 
6 
(Xij’ The foregoing table is formed and inserted for the purpose of giving 
general idea of the dimensions and force of a ship, on liearing h?r rate men- 
tioned in the newspapers. But their actual force in guns is commonly from a 
fourth to a third more than they are rated— and their weight of metal and 
many other particulars, differ widely from the rules of the admiralty, being 
governed by various particidar circumstances, in the make or construction of* 
the vessels- 
