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The two outermost of these timbers, located at the corners of the stern, are called the side-counter timbers or outer stern timbers. It is the stern timbers collectively which determine the backward slope of the square stern, called its rake – that is, if the stern timbers end up producing a final transom that falls vertically to the water ...
They had an excessively raked stern. In some ships, modifications to their sterns to remedy defects in the original design left "the stern timbers badly arranged, weakly supported and held together with iron straps." [6] The Symondite stern "lacked the defensive strength of the true round stern. There was simply too much glass to offer any ...
Beam-ties are transverse timbers fitted athwartship near the stern and their function was to tie the two sides of the hull together. This becomes especially important for logboats without integral ends: that is, with fitted transom and bow. At the bow section, transverse timbers were fitted and these also functioned as beam-ties.
HMS Unicorn is a surviving sailing frigate of the successful Leda class, although the original design had been modified by the time that the Unicorn was built, to incorporate a circular stern and "small-timber" system of construction.
Nestor was 82.4 feet long exclusive of the extension over the stern, called the “fantail” on which the stern-wheel was mounted. [1] Nestor had a beam (width) of 19.6 feet, exclusive of the guards, which were long heavy protective timbers running along the outside of the top of the hull on both sides. [1] Depth of hold was 5.0 feet. [1]
La Center was 65 ft (19.81 m) long, exclusive of the extension of the main deck over the stern, called the fantail, on which the stern-wheel was mounted. [2] The vessel had a beam of 16 ft (4.88 m) exclusive of the protective timbers along the top outside edge of the hull called guards, [2] The depth of hold was 3.1 ft (0.94 m).
Most of the excavation work was carried out over four years, starting in 1972, with an initial survey in 1971. A large amount of the surviving hull was raised and conserved. This is about 20 tons of timber, which is about 3.5% of the original ship's hull. [38] Other large items including port-side stern timbers, cannons and an anchor.
Cowlitz was 109.2 feet long exclusive of the fantail, which was the extension over the stern on which the stern-wheel was mounted. [1] The vessel's width, called beam, was 26.6 feet, exclusive of the protective timbers, called guards, extending out from the hull at the level of the main deck. [1] Cowlitz ' s depth of hold was 4.8 feet. [1]