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'' | <!-- This page is organised in two columns --> <head>Copper Sheathing</head> <p> Davies has lately seen the bolts taken out of the <gap/> <lb/> which was sheathed 5 or 6 years ago. — The heads of the <lb/> bolts had been covered with oakum & <sic>canvass</sic>, and were<lb/> when taken out perfectly fresh, as were the lots themselves<lb/> for two or t5hree inches from the head; but farther in <lb/> they were corroded; so much so that bolts an inch <lb/> thick were reduced to the size of a quill.</p> <p> Davies has great doubts about the success of the new <lb/> tarnish, but I don't know his reasons —</p> <head>Rudders.</head> <p> The Royal George, Narnier, Ocean & Union lost their<lb/>Rudders last October at anchor in Torbay in a gale of <lb/> wind — They were hung with the patent Metal which <lb/> it should, seem is not so strong as Iron — Neither Dick <lb/> Nor Davies knew whether the Hooks were thicker than <lb/> the Iron ones, not whether the patent metal means <lb/> Keir's Metal — </p> <p> Dick, who was Secretary to Gambier in <unclear>America</unclear>, says <lb/> that 9 of their copper pigates came into <gap/> at once<lb/> without their Rudder, which had been hung with Iron — <lb/> One of them, Davies' said, had had <gap/> Rudder new <lb/> hung only a year before — </p> <unclear><head>Sailing</head></unclear> <p> Dick was <gap/> <gap/> last summer — The <lb/> fleet was 36 Ships <gap/> <gap/> <gap/>. They all went <lb/> well, even the Princess <gap/> & <gap/> and so equally<lb/> that after a 12 hours chase they were all to <lb/> be found within two miles — The <unclear>Edgar</unclear> went to <lb/> Gibralter last winter with Rodney & outsailed all <lb/> the fleet — In her return she was told to go 13 or <lb/> 14 Knots — Last summer with the <gap/> <gap/> bottom<lb/> officers & men she was become one of the worst<lb/> sailers in the Fleet — Capt. Elliot tried all possible experiments<lb/> & altered the stowage over & over but to no <lb/> purpose. The Duke is now one of the best sailers<lb/> among the three Deckers & the Formidable the worst — <lb/> The finest ship in the fleet, both for sailing & carrying <lb/> her guns, was the Canada — But the favourite <gap/> of <lb/> the whole <gap/> is, would you have thought it, the <lb/> Arrogant, which was at sea in Oct<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> & Nov<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> last year, <lb/> & is to come out of Dock in the spring with a slight <lb/> repair.</p> <p> W. has since writing the above has been <lb/> spending a week at Brompton. All parties<lb/> vastly pleased with each other. Betsy D. he says<lb/> is grown a very fine & nimble girl.</p><pb/> | ||
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Copper Sheathing
Davies has lately seen the bolts taken out of the
which was sheathed 5 or 6 years ago. — The heads of the
bolts had been covered with oakum & canvass, and were
when taken out perfectly fresh, as were the lots themselves
for two or t5hree inches from the head; but farther in
they were corroded; so much so that bolts an inch
thick were reduced to the size of a quill.
Davies has great doubts about the success of the new
tarnish, but I don't know his reasons —
Rudders.
The Royal George, Narnier, Ocean & Union lost their
Rudders last October at anchor in Torbay in a gale of
wind — They were hung with the patent Metal which
it should, seem is not so strong as Iron — Neither Dick
Nor Davies knew whether the Hooks were thicker than
the Iron ones, not whether the patent metal means
Keir's Metal —
Dick, who was Secretary to Gambier in America, says
that 9 of their copper pigates came into at once
without their Rudder, which had been hung with Iron —
One of them, Davies' said, had had Rudder new
hung only a year before —
Sailing
Dick was last summer — The
fleet was 36 Ships . They all went
well, even the Princess & and so equally
that after a 12 hours chase they were all to
be found within two miles — The Edgar went to
Gibralter last winter with Rodney & outsailed all
the fleet — In her return she was told to go 13 or
14 Knots — Last summer with the bottom
officers & men she was become one of the worst
sailers in the Fleet — Capt. Elliot tried all possible experiments
& altered the stowage over & over but to no
purpose. The Duke is now one of the best sailers
among the three Deckers & the Formidable the worst —
The finest ship in the fleet, both for sailing & carrying
her guns, was the Canada — But the favourite of
the whole is, would you have thought it, the
Arrogant, which was at sea in Octr & Novr last year,
& is to come out of Dock in the spring with a slight
repair.
W. has since writing the above has been
spending a week at Brompton. All parties
vastly pleased with each other. Betsy D. he says
is grown a very fine & nimble girl.
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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