HMS Endeavour – hull construction from 28 October 2019

Construction of hull from 28 October 2019  17-Dec-19  Strakes 28 to 31 and filler cut, tapered, fitted, glued  16-Dec-19  Strakes 25, 26 & 27 cut, tapered, fitted, glued 16-Dec-19  Strakes 23 & 24 cut, tapered, fitted, glued  15-Dec-19  Strakes 21 & 22 cut, tapered, fitted, glued      15-Dec-19  Strake …

HMS Endeavour – internal hull fittings from 22nd October 2019

Construction of internal hull features 8-Nov-19  Seamen’s chests, tool chests and 6 sets of steps, 3 from the main deck to the lower deck, 3 into the hold 25-Oct-19  Further 10 large barrels made, 25 large barrels, 37 small barrels and 3 bales varnished and completed with steel bands 24-Oct-19  …

HMS Endeavour – preparation from 12 October 2019

Construction of Billing kit from 12 October 2019 – Preparation 17-Oct-19  Fret saw for cutting out frames and decks 13-Oct-19  Plan of internal layout of hull 12-Oct-19 Contents of the Billing Boats box 1 Delivery package   2 Plywood laser cut sections – keel, ribs, decks, smaller items 3 Ramin for …

Mayflower – from 27 September 2019

Construction of Billing kit from 27 September 2019 – Rigging and Sails 5-Oct-19  Model completed with flags etc. 5-Oct-19  Lateen rigged onto mizzen 5-Oct-19  Lateen rigged with pulleys and sheets 5-Oct-19  Main tops’l rigged with pulleys, clew and bunt lines, tops’l rigged to main topmast with sheets added 4-Oct-19  Main course …

Mayflower – from July 2019

Construction of Billing kit from July 2019 16-Sep-19 Assemble boats 16-Sep-19  Access rungs on both sides 16-Sep-19  Rudder repainted, assembly fitted 16-Sep-19  Waterline strake painted black 15-Sep-19  Hull below waterline painted (1st coat white) 15-Sep-19  Waterline strakes bent and fitted 15-Sep-19  Main, fore and mizzen chains, catheads, ladders and gun …

Civilian Ships built from scratch section 10

       Marina, Azores, Crystal Serenity (Cruise liners)       Mein Schiff 1, Celebrity Infinity, Azamara Journey   Three Saskias, Star Globe, Ham 316 (Bulk carriers, dredger)   Bitland, NS Champion, Lady Shana (Bitumen, crude, LPG tankers)   Emmy Schulte, Thun Gothia, Isarstern (Coastal tankers)   Sea Delta, Atlantis Andaman, Liv Knutsen (Tankers)   Seven Seas Explorer, Red Kestrel, Black Pearl (various) Mastera, Kapitan Gotsky, Boris Sokolov …

Civilian Ships built from scratch section 9

 Kearsarge, Vestal, Keystone State, Cornhusker State (US Crane ships)   Leonides, Dixie, Yellowstone (US Destroyer tenders)   Kilauea, Suribachi, Pyro (US ammunition ships)   Artisan, Los Alamos (US Floating Docks)   Richland, Adept, Dewey (US Floating Docks)   Eva Bulker, Pasha Bulker, Cassiopeia Bulker (Lauritzen Lines)   Shota Rustaveli, Admiral Nakhimov, Ayvazovskiy (Cruise liners USSR)   Kasimov, Komsomolets Ussuriyska, Leninsky Komsomol (Cargo Liners USSR)   Krasnovardeisk , Nezhin, Mikhail Kalinin (Cargo liners, Cruise l’r …

Civilian Ships built from scratch section 8

 Triton, Titan (survey vessels)   Vladivostok, Empire Victory (whale factory ships)   Southern Harvester, Juan Peron, Nisshin Maru (whale factory ships)   Fennica, Skandi Vitoria, Victoria (icebreaker, pipe/cable layers)   Louis S StLaurant, Amundsen, Terry Fox, Samuel Risley (Icebreakers)   Sir Wilfred Fourier, Aurora Australis, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (Icebreakers)   Xue Long, Yanha, Danbjorn, Suur Toll Gilbert (Icebreakers)   Sisu, Kontio, Polaris,  Louhi (Icebreakers)   Arcticaborg, Svalbard, Kronprinz Haakon, Araon (Icebreakers)   Vaygach, Admiral Makarov, Kapitan Klebnikov, Magadan  (Icebreakers)   Vladivostok, Ilya Muromets, Yermak, Alexandr Shibiryakov (ice-bks)   Taymur, Volga, Akademik Fyodorov, Vladimir Ignatyuk …