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

Full-size Patterns to Scratchbuild a Revenue Cutter

Downloadable Patterns for 19th Century Revenue Cutter
And Instructions on Creating a Solid Hull Ship Model

19th Century Revenue Cutter

On our page Creating a Solid Hull Ship Model we have full size patterns for a 1/72 scale model of the 51 Ton revenue cutter illustrated in Howard I. Chapelle’s The History of American Sailing Ships.
We offer illustrated step-by-step instructions for using the patterns to cut the rough hull from a single block of basswood.
Finished model will be about 16 inches in length, and is a great starter project for scratch-built ship modeling.

Free Ship Plans Victory Ship U.S.S. Gage

U.S.S. Gage is the last of

more than 100 Attack Transports

created from the Victory Ship class

Victory Ship U.S.S. Gage

Toward of World War II, military planners requested that the U.S. Maritime Commission construct a new class of attack transport ships.Converting the recently designed Victory class ships into a troop transport, designers created the Haskell class.
Of 414 Victory ships built during the war, 117 were configured as attack transports. The U.S.S. Gage is the only remaining ship afloat in its original configuration.
We have her plans on our Victory Ship U.S.S. Gage page.