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BREADROOM
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NOTES
1. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, profile with
some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with some deck
detail, for Mediator, a purchased 10 gun single-masted Sloop.
Signed by Peirson Lock [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
1745-1755(died)]

Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 524, states that the
'Mediator' was in Portsmouth Dockyard between May and June 1745.

REF: http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/86159.html

2. The model is designed using a traditional POB (plank on bulkhead)

method of construction. For hull planking techniques, refer to the
following partial list of references:
W/L W/L
Planking the Built-Up Ship Model by Jim Roberts

Simple Hull Planking for Beginners by Dirk De Bakker & Greg Brooker

The Ship Model Builder's Assistant by Charles G. Davis

Ship Modeling from Stem to Stern by Milton Roth

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Original Plan Tracing & General Views
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 MAIN HATCHWAY RIDING BITT
COMPANIONWAY SHOT RACKS TIMBERHEADS -
BINNACLE FINGER AND THUMB FASHION
BELAYING PINS
WHEEL 4 POUNDER GUN
MAST
SCUTTLE
RIDING BITT MAIN HATCHWAY
DEADEYES & CHANNEL
STOVE FLUE
CATHEAD
MAIN HATCHWAY
RIDING BITT
BOWSPRIT

SCUTTLE HATCHWAY COMPANIONWAY

HULL PLANKING -
SEE PAGE 1 - NOTE 2

LOOKING FORWARD - MIDSHIP

PUMP
HATCHWAY

WHEEL BINNACLE PUMP DEADEYES & CHANNEL STOVE FLUE MAST WEDGE CABIN DOOR

MAST

TIMBERHEADS -
FINGER AND THUMB FASHION CATHEAD HAWSE HOLE
DEADEYES & CHANNEL
SWEEP PORTS

BOWSPRIT
HULL PLANKING -
SEE PAGE 1 - NOTE 2
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TIMBERHEADS -
WHEEL COMPANIONWAY FINGER AND THUMB FASHION
Scale in feet MAST WEDGE BASSWOOD
BINNACLE PUMP
SWEEP PORT BLOCKS - BOWSPRIT
STOVE FLUE
9 REQUIRED PER SIDE
HATCHWAY
MAIN HATCHWAY RIDING BITT
CATHEAD - 2 REQD. ANCHOR - 2 REQD.

4 POUNDER GUN
10 - REQD.

BREECH RIGGING

10-gun Sloop Mediator

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General Arrangement
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B C C D D

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7A

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8 8
6 6 7 7

11

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TOP TIMBERS
12

WATERLINE
LOCATION
13
12

14 TYPICAL BULKHEAD
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NOTE
ALL BULKHEADS AND FORMER - 3/16” MATERIAL THICKNESS

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Bulkheads and Former
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 BULKHEAD 12

QUARTER DECK SUB-LAYER -

1/16” MATERIAL THICKNESS NOTE
MAIN DECK SUB-LAYER
DASHED LINES FOR
QUARTER DECK SUB-LAYER
COMPONENT LOCATIONS
DO NOT CUT OUT

BEAM 7A

NOTE QUARTER DECK SUB-LAYER

ASSEMBLE PARTS IN MAIN DECK SUB-LAYER
SEQUENCE AS SHOWN

MAIN DECK SUB-LAYER -

1/16” MATERIAL THICKNESS B1

B1 NOTE
ALL STEM PIECES
1/4” MATERIAL THICKNESS

B2 B2

B3 B3

BULKHEAD 12
QUARTER DECK PLANKING TOP TIMBERS
BASSWOOD
QUARTER DECK SUB-LAYER HAWSE HOLE BLOCK -
BEAM 7A BASSWOOD
1 REQUIRED PER SIDE
MAIN DECK PLANKING
SWEEP PORT BLOCKS - GUNPORT SILLS
MAIN DECK SUB-LAYER 9 REQUIRED PER SIDE SWEEP PORTS QUARTER DECK PLANKING NOTE
CUT OUT AREAS IN BLACK
BASSWOOD MAIN DECK PLANKING FOR DECK COMPONENTS
FILLER BLOCK - BASSWOOD
SHAPE TO FINAL FILLER BLOCK - SHAPE
CONTOUR TO FINAL CONTOUR

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STERNPOST

STEM

KEEL

K1 K2

K3 NOTE
K1 K3 K2 ALL KEEL PIECES 1/4” MATERIAL THICKNESS

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Deck Planking & Miscellaneous Details
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 HEEL STRAP
BOWSPRIT

HOLE FOR
YARD RIGGING HEEL STRAP
LOOKING AFT -
IRON STRAP JIBBOOM SET TO
LOOKING AFT PORT SIDE

CHOCK BOWSPRIT LASHING IRON STRAP HOLE IN BOWSPRIT CHOCK IRON STRAP

TOPMAST

LOWER MAST
CAP
LOWER MAST CAP

JIBBOOM
TOPMAST FORESTAY
CHOCK CHOCK

TRESTLE TREE
TRESTLE TREE

CHEEK
CHEEK

TOPMAST BACKSTAY

LOWER
LOWER MAST CAP MAST FORESTAY
BACKSTAY

JIBSTAY
SINGLE BLOCK

TRESTLE TREE JIBBOOM

REPEAT BACKSTAYS
FOR PORT SIDE REEVE TOPMAST FORESTAY
AND JIBSTAY THROUGH
HOLE IN BOWSPRIT

RATLINES

SINGLE BLOCK SHROUDS

LOWER MAST

BOWSPRIT
CROSSJACK YARD HORSE
STANDING BACKSTAY
SINGLE BLOCK SHROUD BATTEN
DEADEYES & LANYARDS
DEADEYES & LANYARDS EYEBOLT -
CLEAT -
PORT & STARBOARD SIDE
PORT & STARBOARD DEADEYES & LANYARDS BOBSTAY
SIDE EYEBOLT -
NOTES
EYEBOLT - DECK CENTERLINE
PORT & STARBOARD Rigging is shown as a general configuration only. For specific techniques,
SIDE JIBSTAY - STARBOARD SIDE
refer to the following partial list of references:
TOPMAST FORESTAY - PORT SIDE
BOOM The Art of Rigging by George Biddlecombe
JAW
REST DEADEYES & LANYARDS - The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework by Hervey Garrett Smith
PORT & STARBOARD SIDE
Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intracacies of Square-Rig
HOLE IN STEM by Lennarth Peterson

W/L W/L The Rigging of Ships: in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720
by R. C. Anderson

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MAST WEDGE
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Rigging - Shroud & Stays
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 NOTES EYEBOLT

Rigging is shown as a general configuration only. For specific techniques,

refer to the following partial list of references:

The Art of Rigging by George Biddlecombe GAFF

The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework by Hervey Garrett Smith

Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intracacies of Square-Rig

by Lennarth Peterson JAW PARREL

The Rigging of Ships: in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720

by R. C. Anderson
SINGLE BLOCK
Online Model Shipbuilding Forums: BOOM
www.modelshipbuilder.com DOUBLE BLOCK
www.modelshipworld.com

JAW PARREL

GAFF

SINGLE BLOCKS

EYEBOLT
SINGLE BLOCK
PARREL

RED ENSIGN (OPTIONAL)

SINGLE BLOCK
ANCHOR RIGGING

FLAG HALLIARD

SINGLE BLOCK SINGLE BLOCK

TO EYEBOLT - ANCHOR
PORT SIDE
SINGLE BLOCKS - CHANNEL
PORT & STARBOARD SIDE
CLEAT -
PORT SIDE
BOOM EYEBOLT - SINGLE
STARBOARD SIDE BLOCKS BOOM JAW REST
CHANNEL

CLEAT -
PORT & STARBOARD SIDE PARREL

CLEAT - TO BELAYING PIN

STARBOARD SIDE

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 SINGLE BLOCK SINGLE BLOCK
NOTES HOLE IN TOPMAST TOPMAST YARD LIFT TOPMAST YARD LIFT
Rigging is shown as a general configuration only. For specific techniques,
refer to the following partial list of references: TOPMAST YARD - LOOKING AFT

The Art of Rigging by George Biddlecombe

PARREL
The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework by Hervey Garrett Smith

Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intracacies of Square-Rig

by Lennarth Peterson TO BELAYING PIN TO BELAYING PIN
TOPMAST YARD LIFT TOPMAST YARD LIFT
The Rigging of Ships: in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720
by R. C. Anderson

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18” SINGLE BLOCK SINGLE BLOCK

5” 5”
TOPMAST
HALLIARD -
TO PORT SIDE CROSSJACK YARD LIFT CROSSJACK YARD LIFT

3” DOUBLE BLOCK DOUBLE BLOCK

DISPLAY BOARD
CROSSJACK YARD - LOOKING AFT
6”

PARREL
AFT YARD BRACE CROSSJACK YARD LIFT CROSSJACK YARD LIFT AFT YARD BRACE
TO BELAYING PIN TO BELAYING PIN

FORWARD YARD BRACE FORWARD YARD BRACE

TO EYEBOLT IN DECK

SHIP WATERLINE
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DISPLAY BOARD

BRASS PEDESTAL - BRASS PEDESTAL - TOPMAST YARD LIFT

1-1/8” TALL 1-3/8” TALL CROSSJACK YARD HALLIARD
SINGLE BLOCK -
AFT YARD BRACE -
REPEAT FOR PORT SIDE
PORT & STARBOARD SIDES

CROSSJACK YARD LIFT -

INNER SHEAVE HOLES
DOUBLE BLOCK
TOPMAST YARD LIFT
CROSSJACK YARD LIFT/
FORWARD YARD BRACE DOUBLE BLOCK -
SINGLE BLOCK REPEAT FOR PORT SIDE

DOUBLE BLOCK FORWARD YARD BRACE -

OUTER SHEAVE HOLES

SINGLE BLOCK SLING CLEATS STOP CHOCKS

EYEBOLT - SINGLE BLOCK TIMBERHEAD
SINGLE BLOCK PORT SIDE
CLEAT CHANNEL EYEBOLT IN DECK
CLEAT -
EYEBOLT PORT SIDE

TOPMAST YARD

SLING CLEATS STOP CHOCKS

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Rigging - Yards
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