Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy

The Master Shipwrights Secrets is an illustrated history of Restoration shipbuilding focused on the Tyger, a powerful two-deck warship of the period. It reveals the secrets of Charles IIs shipwrights through an analysis of John Shishs plans and explores the construction of the ship and its complicated history.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 05 March 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Inspired by the recent discovery of mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship by the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, The Master Shipwrights Secrets is an illustrated history of Restoration shipbuilding focused on the Tyger, one of the smaller but powerful two-deck warships of the period. It examines the proceedings of King Charles II in deciding the types of ship he wanted and his relationship with his master shipwrights. This fascinating book reveals the many secrets of Charles IIs shipwrights through an analysis of John Shishs plans for the Tyger, revealing innovative practical calculations that differ significantly from the few contemporary treatises on the subject and the complicated process of constructing the molds necessary to make the ships frame. All the other duties performed by the master shipwrights, such as repairing ships, controlling their men, and keeping up with the latest inventions, are also discussed in detail. The Master Shipwrights Secrets is replete with beautiful and detailed illustrations of the construction of the Tyger and explores both its complicated history and its complex rebuilding, complete with deck plans, internal sections, and large-scale external shaded drawings. The title also explores associated ships, including another fourth-rate ship, the Mordaunt, which was purchased into the Navy at the time and underwent a dimensional survey by John Shish. A rare contemporary section drawing of another fourth-rate English ship and constructional drawings of Shishs later fourth-rate ship, St Albans, are also included.

Inspired by the recent discovery of mathematically calculated digital plans for a fourth-rate ship by the Deptford master shipwright, John Shish, The Master Shipwrights Secrets is an illustrated history of Restoration shipbuilding focused on the Tyger, one of the smaller but powerful two-deck warships of the period. It examines the proceedings of King Charles II in deciding the types of ship he wanted and his relationship with his master shipwrights. This fascinating book reveals the many secrets of Charles IIs shipwrights through an analysis of John Shishs plans for the Tyger, revealing innovative practical calculations that differ significantly from the few contemporary treatises on the subject and the complicated process of constructing the molds necessary to make the ships frame. All the other duties performed by the master shipwrights, such as repairing ships, controlling their men, and keeping up with the latest inventions, are also discussed in detail. The Master Shipwrights Secrets is replete with beautiful and detailed illustrations of the construction of the Tyger and explores both its complicated history and its complex rebuilding, complete with deck plans, internal sections, and large-scale external shaded drawings. The title also explores associated ships, including another fourth-rate ship, the Mordaunt, which was purchased into the Navy at the time and underwent a dimensional survey by John Shish. A rare contemporary section drawing of another fourth-rate English ship and constructional drawings of Shishs later fourth-rate ship, St Albans, are also included.

Weight: 2134g
Dimension: 307 x 267 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472838384