Maritime History: What's New 2000

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Chronological

2000-12-31 Shipbuilding:
Om Skeppens tyngd och rymd uti Watnet by Gilbert Sheldon, 1741. [In Swedish]
On fastenings from John Knowles' An Inquiry into the Means Which Have been Taken to Preserve the British Navy from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Particulary from that Species of Decay, now Denominated Dry-Rot, 1821.
The Importance of Fastening Ships Thoroughly from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1855.
On Tree-Nails and Tree-Nailing from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1857.
2000-12-31 Maritime History:
Appalling Shipwreck of the "New Era" from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1855.
Tonnage of the Lakes, 1854-1856 from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1856.
Svenska Ångfartyg under de första 2 decennierna from Govert Adolf Indebetou's Några anteckningar om ångbåtsfarten i Sverige, före år 1840, 1864. [In Swedish]
2000-12-29 Shipbuilding:
The Quantity of Timber supplied from each of His Majesty's Forests from The Eleventh Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the State and Condition of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, 1792.
Salting from Lloyd's Rules & Regulations for the Construction and Classification of Vessels, 1891.
2000-12-29 Provisions:
Of the Provisions from Mountaine: The Seaman's Vade-Mecum, and Defensive War by Sea, 1756.
2000-12-11 Naval History:
Kongl. Maj:ts Nådiga Reglemente Huru Med upbringningar til Sjös förhållas bör. Gifwit Amphion til ankars på Helsingfors Redd then 8 Julii 1788. [In Swedish]
Danish Ships Lost, Taken or Destroyed. From Steel's Naval Chronologist , 1801.
The London Gazette Extraordinary from The Times, 1805-11-07.
2000-12-02 Etymology:
An Index, Explaining the Terms us'd in this Treatise from Sutherland's Prices of the Shipbuilding Adjusted: or, the Mystery of Ship-Building Unveiled, 1717.
A Maritime Dictionary from Mountaine's The Seaman's Vade-Mecum, 1756.
An Explanation of the Technical Terms, Relating to Shipbuilding from The Shipbuilder's Repository, 1788.
2000-08-21 Naval History: Transcripts from Charles Derrick: Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy, 1806.
A List of the Royal Navy in 1546.
A List of the Navy, in 1599.
A List of the King's Ships and Pinnaces, with their respective Tonnages and Men, Anno Dom. 1603.
An Account of the Royal Navy which the Queen left at her death, with the Number of Men, and Tonnage of the Ships. [1603]
A Catalogue of all the King's Ships, with their respective Tonnage, and Men at Sea. Decr. 1607.
A List of the Royal Navy, in 1624.
A List of the King's Ships, Anno 1633.
A List of all the Ships, Frigates, and other Vessels belonging to the State's Navy, on 1st March, 1651.
2000-08-15 Seamanship:
• C.W. Lavén: Förslag till kommando-ord skepps-manövern, 1846. [In Swedish]
An Account of the Fitting out of H.M.S. Bellerophon, 1847.
Paint receipts from Alston's Seamanship, 1860.
2000-08-14 Shipbuilding:
• Lars Bogeman: Föreskrift vid Nybyggnaden af Canon-Jullar, byggde på Cravel af Ek eller Fur, 1808. [In Swedish]
• Lars Bogeman: Föreskrift vid nybyggnaden af en öppen canon-slup, byggd af furu på cravell, 1808. [In Swedish]
• Lars Bogeman: Föreskrift vid nybyggnaden af en öppen canon-slup, byggd af eke på cravell, 1808. [In Swedish]
2000-03-22 Provisions:
Beskrifning om thet wid Kongl. Amiralitetet nu brukelige Bakningssätt, 1752. [In Swedish]
2000-03-21 Bibliography:
Nautical Publications of Amiral François Edmond Paris [1806-1893].
2000-03-20 Masting: Transcripts from Peter Hedderwick: A Treatise on Marine Architecture, 1830.
• pp 351-352 — Proportions and Dimensions of Masts, Yards, Booms, &c. for the Various Classes of Merchant-Vessels.
• pp 352-355: On the Proportions of the Masts, Yards, &c. for a Ship.
• pp 355-356: On the Proportion and Dimensions of the Yards; To Proportion the Yards of Ships to be Employed in the Foreign Trade
• pp 357-359: Calculation for the Dimensions of the Masts, &c. of a Ship of 500 tons.
2000-03-18 Shipbuilding: Transcripts from Peter Hedderwick: A Treatise on Marine Architecture, 1830.
• pp 157-161 — Rules for the Dimensions and Proportions.
• p 169 — On the Position of the Midship or Dead-flat Frame.
• pp 217-218 — On the Planking.
• pp 221-223 — On Whole-Moulding.
• p 284 — Treenailing & Sheer-planks.
• pp 284-285 — Planking the Bottom.
• p 292 — Water-Ways.
• pp 296 — The best material for decks.
• pp 323-324 — Steering Apparatus.
• p 324 — Channels.
• pp 324-325 — The Chains.
2000-01-12 Gunnery:
How to manage a fight at Sea, with the proper tearmes in a fight largely expressed, and the ordering of a Nauy at Sea. From John Smith: A Sea Grammar, 1627.
Necessary Instructions for a Sea-Gunner. From John Seller: The Sea-Gunner, 1691.
L'exercice du Canon. From Construction des vaisseaux du Roy, 1695. [In French]
• [Kommandoord]. From Daniel Grundell: Nödige underrättelse om Artilleriet till Lands och Siös, 1705. [In Swedish]
Het verdeelen van het volk in quartieren, het exerceeren van het volk, het manoeuvreeren met de zeilen &c.. From J.H. van Kinsbergen: Zeemans hand-boek, 1781-1782. [In Dutch]
Firing bow guns when in chase. From Francis Liardet: Professional Recollections on Points of Seamanship, Discipline, &c., 1849.
2000-01-10 Maritime History: From the Boston Daily Atlas 1854:
1853-07-23 -- The Ship Sovereign of the Seas.
1854-01-11 -- The death from Cruel Treatment on board the ship Harvard.
1854-05-13 -- Mutiny on board the Sovereign of the Seas.
1854-08-28 -- The Clipper Ship Flying Fish.
2000-01-10 Ships: Reports of new ships by Duncan McLean and published in the Boston Daily Atlas 1854:
1854-10-20 -- The New Packet Barque, Monbynick, of Charleston, S.C.
1854-10-24 -- The New Barque Benin, of Liverpool, England.
1854-10-26 -- The New Clipper Ship Saracen, of Boston.
1854-12-18 -- The New East Indiaman, Blanche Moore, of Liverpool.
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Bibliography

2000-03-21:
Nautical Publications of Amiral François Edmond Paris [1806-1893].
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Biography

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Maritime History

2000-12-31:
Appalling Shipwreck of the "New Era" from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1855.
Tonnage of the Lakes, 1854-1856 from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1856.
Svenska Ångfartyg under de första 2 decennierna from Govert Adolf Indebetou's Några anteckningar om ångbåtsfarten i Sverige, före år 1840, 1864. [In Swedish]
2000-01-10: From the Boston Daily Atlas 1854:
1853-07-23 -- The Ship Sovereign of the Seas.
1854-01-11 -- The death from Cruel Treatment on board the ship Harvard.
1854-05-13 -- Mutiny on board the Sovereign of the Seas.
1854-08-28 -- The Clipper Ship Flying Fish.
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Medicine

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Naval History

2000-12-11:
Kongl. Maj:ts Nådiga Reglemente Huru Med upbringningar til Sjös förhållas bör. Gifwit Amphion til ankars på Helsingfors Redd then 8 Julii 1788. [In Swedish]
Danish Ships Lost, Taken or Destroyed. From Steel's Naval Chronologist , 1801.
The London Gazette Extraordinary from The Times, 1805-11-07.
2000-08-21: Transcripts from Charles Derrick: Memoirs of the Rise and Progress of the Royal Navy, 1806.
A List of the Royal Navy in 1546.
A List of the Navy, in 1599.
A List of the King's Ships and Pinnaces, with their respective Tonnages and Men, Anno Dom. 1603.
An Account of the Royal Navy which the Queen left at her death, with the Number of Men, and Tonnage of the Ships. [1603]
A Catalogue of all the King's Ships, with their respective Tonnage, and Men at Sea. Decr. 1607.
A List of the Royal Navy, in 1624.
A List of the King's Ships, Anno 1633.
A List of all the Ships, Frigates, and other Vessels belonging to the State's Navy, on 1st March, 1651.
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Gunnery

2000-01-12:
How to manage a fight at Sea, with the proper tearmes in a fight largely expressed, and the ordering of a Nauy at Sea. From John Smith: A Sea Grammar, 1627.
Necessary Instructions for a Sea-Gunner. From John Seller: The Sea-Gunner, 1691.
L'exercice du Canon. From Construction des vaisseaux du Roy, 1695. [In French]
• [Kommandoord]. From Daniel Grundell: Nödige underrättelse om Artilleriet till Lands och Siös, 1705. [In Swedish]
Het verdeelen van het volk in quartieren, het exerceeren van het volk, het manoeuvreeren met de zeilen &c.. From J.H. van Kinsbergen: Zeemans hand-boek, 1781-1782. [In Dutch]
Firing bow guns when in chase. From Francis Liardet: Professional Recollections on Points of Seamanship, Discipline, &c., 1849.
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Ships

2000-01-10: Reports of new ships by Duncan McLean and published in the Boston Daily Atlas 1854:
1854-10-20 -- The New Packet Barque, Monbynick, of Charleston, S.C.
1854-10-24 -- The New Barque Benin, of Liverpool, England.
1854-10-26 -- The New Clipper Ship Saracen, of Boston.
1854-12-18 -- The New East Indiaman, Blanche Moore, of Liverpool.
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Shipmodels

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Shipbuilding

2000-12-31:
Om Skeppens tyngd och rymd uti Watnet by Gilbert Sheldon, 1741. [In Swedish]
On fastenings from John Knowles' An Inquiry into the Means Which Have been Taken to Preserve the British Navy from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Particulary from that Species of Decay, now Denominated Dry-Rot, 1821.
The Importance of Fastening Ships Thoroughly from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1855.
On Tree-Nails and Tree-Nailing from The Monthly Nautical Magazine, and Quarterly Review, 1857.
2000-12-29:
The Quantity of Timber supplied from each of His Majesty's Forests from The Eleventh Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into the State and Condition of the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown, 1792.
Salting from Lloyd's Rules & Regulations for the Construction and Classification of Vessels, 1891.
2000-08-14:
• Lars Bogeman: Föreskrift vid Nybyggnaden af Canon-Jullar, byggde på Cravel af Ek eller Fur, 1808. [In Swedish]
• Lars Bogeman: Föreskrift vid nybyggnaden af en öppen canon-slup, byggd af furu på cravell, 1808. [In Swedish]
• Lars Bogeman: Föreskrift vid nybyggnaden af en öppen canon-slup, byggd af eke på cravell, 1808. [In Swedish]
2000-03-18 Transcripts from Peter Hedderwick: A Treatise on Marine Architecture, 1830:
• pp 157-161 — Rules for the Dimensions and Proportions.
• p 169 — On the Position of the Midship or Dead-flat Frame.
• pp 217-218 — On the Planking.
• pp 221-223 — On Whole-Moulding.
• p 284 — Treenailing & Sheer-planks.
• pp 284-285 — Planking the Bottom.
• p 292 — Water-Ways.
• pp 296 — The best material for decks.
• pp 323-324 — Steering Apparatus.
• p 324 — Channels.
• pp 324-325 — The Chains.
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Rigging

2000-03-20 Transcripts from Peter Hedderwick: A Treatise on Marine Architecture, 1830:
• pp 351-352 — Proportions and Dimensions of Masts, Yards, Booms, &c. for the Various Classes of Merchant-Vessels.
• pp 352-355: On the Proportions of the Masts, Yards, &c. for a Ship.
• pp 355-356: On the Proportion and Dimensions of the Yards; To Proportion the Yards of Ships to be Employed in the Foreign Trade
• pp 357-359: Calculation for the Dimensions of the Masts, &c. of a Ship of 500 tons.
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Seamanship

2000-08-15:
• C.W. Lavén: Förslag till kommando-ord skepps-manövern, 1846. [In Swedish]
An Account of the Fitting out of H.M.S. Bellerophon, 1847.
Paint receipts from Alston's Seamanship, 1860.
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Etymology

2000-12-02:
An Index, Explaining the Terms us'd in this Treatise from Sutherland's Prices of the Shipbuilding Adjusted: or, the Mystery of Ship-Building Unveiled, 1717.
A Maritime Dictionary from Mountaine's The Seaman's Vade-Mecum, 1756.
An Explanation of the Technical Terms, Relating to Shipbuilding from The Shipbuilder's Repository, 1788.
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Personnel

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Provisions

2000-12-29:
Of the Provisions from Mountaine: The Seaman's Vade-Mecum, and Defensive War by Sea, 1756.
2000-03-22:
Beskrifning om thet wid Kongl. Amiralitetet nu brukelige Bakningssätt, 1752. [In Swedish]
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