Naval Analyses: INFOGRAPHICS #18: Age of Sail warships (collection)

Thursday 29 October 2015

INFOGRAPHICS #18: Age of Sail warships (collection)

The anatomy of an 18th c Man-of-War

In this post I have included a number of infographics of various types of warships from the Age of Sail, the period lasting from the 16th to the mid-19th century where naval warfare was dominated by sailing ships armed with cannons. The end of the sail began in the late 1840s when the steam technology became available. Many ships that were intended to be built as sailing ships they received during their construction or shortly after their launch, engines and screw propeller. The largest, the most powerful and advanced warships of that era will be presented in summary in a next post, the HISTORY #4: Age of Sail largest warships. A great look inside HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's famous flagship (104-gun first-rate ship of the line) at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and world's oldest naval ship still in commission, can be found here.

HMS Temeraire by John Lawson. Info about the ship here.

HMS Victory by John Lawson. Info about the ship here.

HMS Victory cutaway. Image found on militaryhistory.x10.mx/shippictures/index.htm. For a high resolution image click here. 1 - Lockers for signal flags :: 2 - Mizzenmast :: 3 - Hammocks network :: 4 - Sterncastle :: 5 - Hardy's dining room :: 6 - Hardy's lounge :: 7 - Nelson's lounge :: 8 - Nelson's dining room :: 9 - Nelson's cabin and bed :: 10 - Rudder's transmission :: 11 - Officers' lodgings :: 12 - Doctor's cabin :: 13 - Admiral's cupboard :: 14 - Rudder :: 15 - Copper coating :: 16 - Entry door and steps :: 17 - Frame :: 18 - Main capstan :: 19 - Ammunition rack :: 20 - Compass and hourglass :: 21 - Steering wheel :: 22 - Anti-fire buckets :: 23 - Quarterdeck :: 24 - Place where Nelson was hurt in Trafalgar :: 25 - Stairs :: 26 - Mainmast :: 27 - Deck beams :: 28 - 12-pound cannon :: 29 - 24-pound cannon :: 30 - Lower gun deck :: 31 - 32-pound cannon :: 32 - Mess deck :: 33 - Wooden inner plates :: 34 - Mainmast base :: 35 - Lower end of water pumps :: 36 - Keel :: 37 - Cannon tools :: 38 - Gunports and riggings :: 39 - Shrapnel locker :: 40 - Main pumps :: 41 - Middle gun deck :: 42 - Main hatches :: 43 - Upper gun deck :: 44 - Fore capstan :: 45 - Boats :: 46 - Carpenter's cabin :: 47 - Cargo in the cellar :: 48 - Wooden outer plates :: 49 - Carpenter's workshop :: 50 - Crew's dining room :: 51 - Mooring bitts:: 52 - Kitchen and furnace :: 53 - Forecastle bulkhead :: 54 - Belfry :: 55 - Forecastle :: 56 - 68-pound carronade :: 57 - Foremast :: 58 - Prow :: 59 - Stem :: 60 - Crew's toilets :: 61 - Gangway :: 62 - Davit :: 63 - Anchor :: 64 - Bowsprit :: 65 - Figurehead