Oct 28, 2017 19:55
In a flush-decked un-rated warship of the mid-18th century, what are the names of the areas that in larger ships would be occupied by the quarterdeck and foredeck?
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Websites:
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval Museum
Books:
Conway's History of the Ship - The Line of Battle
Harland: Seamanship in the Age of Sail
McLaughlan:The Sloop of War 1650-1763
Willis: Fighting at Sea in the 18th Century
Edit with further information: I've narrowed it down to British single-masted cutters as used in the Seven Years' War; 1756-1753. Location: the Breton coast.
1750-1759,
~age of sail,
~boats and other things that float,
1760-1769,
uk: history (misc),
1700s (no decades given)