HMS Endeavour – hull construction from 7 January 2020

Construction of hull from 7 January 2020

27-Jan-20  Black and blue sections painted with first coat

27-Jan-20  Hull below waterline filled, smoothed and painted white.

26-Jan-20  Keel strengthening plates 2 bow, 2 stern and 2 midships fitted and glued 

25-Jan-20  Hull marked out – blue, wood, white sections, black stripe, Wood varnished

24-Jan-20  Lower hull filled and smoothed ready for painting

21-Jan-20  Completed hull strake covering

21-Jan-20  Hawse hole gaskets fitted

21-Jan-20  Port counter strakes trimmed

21-Jan-20  Port counter strakes 1 to 6 cut, fitted, glued

21-Jan-20  Starboard counter strakes trimmed

20-Jan-20  Starboard counter strakes 1 to 6 cut, fitted, glued

20-Jan-20  Port after end strakes 1 to 13 cut, fitted, glued

18-Jan-20  Starboard after end strakes 1 to 15 cut, fitted, glued

16-Jan-20  Port strakes 3 fw’d cut, fitted, glued

16-Jan-20  Port strakes 2 fw’d (top), 2 aft (bottom) cut, fitted, glued

16-Jan-20  Port strakes 1 fw’d (top), 1 aft (bottom) cut, fitted, glued

15-Jan-20  Port fore filler final cut, shaped, glued. Tapered filler fitted

15-Jan-20  Filler strake fore cut, fitted, glued

15-Jan-20  Filler strake 2 aft cut, fitted, glued, strake after end reglued.

15-Jan-20  Filler strake 1 aft cut, fitted, glued

13-Jan-20  Lower strake -1 aft cut, fitted, glued

12-Jan-20  Lower strake -1 fw’d cut, fitted, glued

12-Jan-20  Lower strakes 3 to 6 fore cut, fitted, glued

12-Jan-20  Lower strake 0 for’d and aft port, cut, fitted, glued

11-Jan-20  Lower strake 5 full length port, cut, fitted, glued

11-Jan-20  Lower strake 4 full length port, cut, fitted, glued

10-Jan-20  Lower strake 3 full length port, cut, fitted, glued

10-Jan-20  Lower strake 2 full length port, cut, fitted, glued

9-Jan-20  Lower strake1full length port, cut, fitted, glued

8-Jan-20  Strakes 4 to 12 aft port, cut, fitted, glued

8-Jan-20  Strake -1 port, for’ard cut fitted, glued

8-Jan-20  Strake 0 port, full length cut fitted, glued

7-Jan-20  Strake 9 port, for’ard cut fitted, glued

7-Jan-20  Strakes 7 & 8 port, for’ard cut fitted, glued

7-Jan-20  Strake 6 port, for’ard cut fitted, glued