Boyne

Posted by Brian on Sunday 31st of January 2016 21:28

Gentleman's Magazine 1744 - (Regarding in part the Boyne) For we have many ships that are called 60 and 50 gun ships that are built of very different proportions and strength; the one of which could support batteries of large cannon, which the others could not, and some had convenient stowage for large numbers of men, and quantities of provisions for them, which the others are defective in. So that the primary enquiry is to the roominess and strength of the ship, to know what batteries she can support; and then the numbers of men requisite are the secondary consideration. For in the 80 gun ship I was last in, the Boyne, her lower battery was 32 pounders, and the upper 12 and 9; and the apparent reason those upper batteries were not heavier, was, that the beams were so slight that the decks could not bear a heavier battery. The Boyne, the ship I mentioned was rebuilt in 1739 , as the Victory was in 1737, both under the same direction. etc..