Free Ship Plans Chapman's Galley of 16 Pairs of Oars

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman

Galley of 16 Pairs of Oars

A smaller oar-powered vessel suitable for a ship model

Chapman's Galley of 16 Pairs of Oars

Thinking of building an oar-powered ship model, but don't relish making a gazillion pairs of oars?

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman’s Architectura Navalis Mercatoria offers this Galley of 16 Pairs of Oars, with two men on every oar, rigged with Lateen sails. Her length stem to stern is 114′ 6″; Beam is  17’0″; Draft is 6’3″.

Check out the free ship plans of Chapman's Galley of 16 Pairs of Oars on TheModelShipwright.com

Even More Oar-powered Free Ship Plans

Free ship plans of oar-powered vessels are our most popular offering on TheModelShipwright.com, so we've added even more.

Paris's Athenian Trireme

Thanks to the work of French Vice-Admiral François-Edmond Pâris and Swedish naval architect Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, we have some of the best plans of oar-powered galleys and triremes available.

Pâris's most famous work Souvenirs de Marine Conservés brings us plans for triremes from Athens and Venice as well as a Black Sea Galley. Chapman's Architectura Navalis Mercatoria brings us a Maltese galley and several others we have yet to post.

Chapman's Maltese Galley

Along with the Atlas du Génie Maritime from the archives of the French Ministry of Defense, which brings us an Ancient Trireme, a Sultan's Caique, and an Ancient Galley, and our plan of the Gokstad Viking Longship from Ancient and Modern Ships by Sir George Charles Vincent Holmes, there is a lot to choose from at TheModelShipwright.com if you are looking for free ship plans of oar-powered vessels.