Bowsprit

EXTRACTS FROM MASTING TABLES SUITABLE FOR 5th RATE FRIGATE OF c1824
  Symond's manuscript list, Left hand column (Thalia)   Symond's manuscript list, Right hand column   Symond's Tabulation (5th Class)   Symond's Tabulation (manuscript figures)   Symond's Printed List   "B File"   "B File" (B12)   Suggested "best fit"  
BOWSPRIT
  Length, exclusive of Housing
        38 ft 0 in 38 ft 0 in     38 ft 0 in 38 ft 0 in 38 ft 0 in 38 ft 0 in
  (Housing inc.)
    54 ft 0 in                            
    (59 0 ?)                              
  Housing
                                16 f t (subtraction!)  
  Diameter
      26 1/2   28 in   28 in       28 in   28 in   28 in   28 in
Jib-boom
  Whole length, incl. housing
    39 ft 5 in 40 ft 6 in 40 ft 6 in     40 ft 6 in 40 ft 6 in 40 ft 6 in 40 ft 6 in
  Diameter
      11 3/8   13 in   13 in       13 in   13 in   13 in   13 in
  Housing
                                   
  Diameter
                                   
Flying Jib-boom
                                16 ft 4 (?)
                                (Spencer?)  

Lt Cdr W. Roderick Stewart
Honorary Historian, The Unicorn Preservation Society
28 January 1999


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