A report on the state of British shipbuilding in French.

Manuscript Memoir by Lescallier and French Agents of César Henri Guillaume de La Luzerne minister of the Navy reporting secretly on the state of British shipbuilding during their stay in England. Includes chapters on wood, logging, conservation of wood, destination of wood, use of oaks for the Navy, Manipulation of wood, bending of planks, general principles of exploiting wood, construction, warships, vessels of the Indian Company, ships carpenters, boat lashings and masts, capstan, rudder, rudder hinges, nailing and pegging, ship launch and tar. It also covers new inventions such as pulley system, extraction of whale oil and precautions in conserving vessels.
In French dated 25 January 1790

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ID:	SPB/58
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1790-01-01 - ?; 1790-01-25
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	volume
Parts:	Shipbuilding (Manuscript) 6th rate account of dimensions. (Manuscript) (SPB/1) Notebook of Anthony Swymmer. (Manuscript) (SPB/2) Notes on shipbuilding by John Edye. (Manuscript) (SPB/3) Table descriptive of the construction of twenty Ships of War. (Manuscript) (SPB/4) Notebook with Plans, drafts and sketches for the fitting of ships. (Manuscript) (SPB/5) Notebook on shipbuilding compiled by J. Waymouth. (Manuscript) (SPB/6) Notebook compiled by C V Penrose. (Manuscript) (SPB/7) Contracts for building of ships - T. Fagge. (Manuscript) (SPB/8) Shipbuilding contracts undertaken by Adams of Bucklers Hard. (Manuscript) (SPB/9) Construction of steam vessels by Robertson Buchanan. (Manuscript) (SPB/10) Notes on Brunel's block machinery. (Manuscript) (SPB/11) 'The Canoes of Oceania' by A.C. Haddon and James Hornell. (Manuscript) (SPB/12/1-3) Notebook on proportion of masts etc used by French shipwright. (Manuscript) (SPB/13) Notes on building ships of the line compiled by chief shipwright of Rochefort. (Manuscript) (SPB/14) Commonplace book notes on shipbuilding by Captain Edward Rotheram. (Manuscript) (SPB/15) Sir William Petty's proposal for a double bottomed ship. (Manuscript) (SPB/16) Notes on shipbuilding, compiled by Le Sieur Debenat. (Manuscript) (SPB/17) Notes and drawings of Mediterranean Shipping. (Manuscript) (SPB/18) Two daybooks from the sailmaking firm of J. Morice & Co, Liverpool. (Manuscript) (SPB/19) Notes on ship construction compiled by William Wilkins, apprentice to John Ward, Chatham. (Manuscript) (SPB/20) Experimental trials of frigates INCONSTANT, PIQUE, CASTOR and other ships. (Manuscript) (SPB/21) Experimental trials of brigs under the command of Captain A.L. Corry. (Manuscript) (SPB/22) Trials of steam vessels, notebook of John Oliver. (Manuscript) (SPB/23) Observations of the yacht DAWN. (Manuscript) (SPB/24) Indigenous craft visiting Bombay Harbour. (Manuscript) (SPB/25) Unfinished copy of the 'Album de Colbert'. (Manuscript) (SPB/26) Contract book of John Perry & Company Shipbuilders, Blackwall. (Manuscript) (SPB/27) Shipbuilding Method of building, rigging apparelling and furnishing HM Ships of war. (Manuscript) (SPB/28) Copies of contracts by John Weymouth, made with John King of Upnor, Kent. (Manuscript) (SPB/29) Construction of a galley ca.1685. (Manuscript) (SPB/30) Shipwright's notebook, chiefly on working of timber. (Manuscript) (SPB/31) Notebook on sailmaking theory and practice. (Manuscript) (SPB/32) Bentinck, Captain John (1738-75) scheme book. (Manuscript) (SPB/33) Daily issue book of a merchant yard. (Manuscript) (SPB/34) Indentures HMTS MONARCH, HMTS ALERT. (Manuscript) (SPB/35) 'Some Notes on Warship Building..' complied by Bernard Pool. (Manuscript) (SPB/36/A-B) Mastmaker's notebook, inside front cover, signed Richard Reynolds, 30 September 1785 (Manuscript) (SPB/37/B) List of drawings for marine and land engines, GN Rennie's albion Iron Works. (Manuscript) (SPB/38) Hull specification for the steel screw steamer EMPIRE RECORD. (Manuscript) (SPB/39) Shipwright's course notebook, L A J King. (Manuscript) (SPB/40) Technical description, plans and instructions for the battleship SMS BADEN. (Manuscript) (SPB/41/1-3) Sketches and dimensions of masts and spars of the four-masted topsail schooner RIMAC. (Manuscript) (SPB/42) Sketches and dimensions of masts and spars of the full-rigged ship YOLA. (Manuscript) (SPB/43) Journal of repairs carried out on HMS HERMIONE at Devonport Dockyard. (Manuscript) (SPB/44) Private account book and sketchbook by Kelsick Wood. (Manuscript) (SPB/45/1-2) Notebook containing copies of accountsof Barnard and Roberts of Deptford. (Manuscript) (SPB/46) Memorandum book of John Perry of the Blackwall Yard. (Manuscript) (SPB/47) Volumes holding details of sails manufactured and supplied by Calders of Leith. (Manuscript) (SPB/48) Returned to owner (Manuscript) (SPB/49) William Sutherland - ship design and hydro-dynamics. (Manuscript) (SPB/50) Marchwood Park Training Centre. (Manuscript) (SPB/51) Draughts of Ordnance and Ships’ Equipment, 1860 (Manuscript) (SPB/52) Ship construction contracts and sale documents for HMS BELLEISLE (1876) and HMS ORION (1879) (Manuscript) (SPB/53) Notebook of William Carson, shipyard draughtsman, 1889. (Manuscript) (SPB/54) A handwritten and illustrated volume on naval terms entitled, 'A Naval Expositor', by Thomas Riley Blanckley. (Manuscript) (SPB/55) Technical drawings of ships and figure heads by Edward Prentis Henslow. (Manuscript) (SPB/56) Specifications of Mr John Poad Drake for the improvements in building ships, steam vessels and boats. (Manuscript) (SPB/57) A report on the state of British shipbuilding in French. (Manuscript) (SPB/58) Notebook of naval shipwright apprentice C.E. Clews. (Manuscript) (SPB/59) Guide to shipbuilding by Scarborough shipwright James Maw. (Manuscript) (SPB/60)

A report on the state of British shipbuilding in French.

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