-
Oregon pine 14 by 14
inches (36 by 36 cm)
keelson. This used 1 inch (2.5 cm) iron bolts. On
Kathleen the
keelson was a made of a 49 feet (15 m)
steel section...
- crossbeams,
therefore enabling the
ships to gain
structural strength. The
keelson approach whereby a
heavy timber is
placed on the keel in
order to stabilize...
- ships. It
usually heavily tapered into a
joint with the
internal keelson,
although keelsons were by no
means universal. The
kerling lay
across two strong...
-
depth (distance
between the
crown of the
weather deck and the top of the
keelson),
draft (distance
between the
highest waterline and the
bottom of the ship)...
-
reinforced with steel,
including ninety 36-foot (11 m) 4x1-inch
cross braces, and
metal keelsons. The MIT
Museum noted that "With this behemoth,
McKay had pushed...
- in the
armor cladding. Her hull
construction consisted of five iron box
keelsons and one
hundred 1-inch-thick (some
sources report the
thickness as 3/4...
-
These show some
development from
earlier vessels,
including a
partial keelson which acted as the mast step. As well as
these warship types,
cargo vessels...
-
called "
keelsons".
Further resilience was
given to the
hulls by a
system of "hog rods" or "hog chains" that were
fastened into the
keelsons and led up...
- the
galley was the mast step, a
rebate in the centre-most
timber of the
keelson,
right above the keel,
which supported the main mast, and next to it the...
-
watertight without the need for caulking.
Hulls had
sharp bottoms without keelsons in
order to
support the
structure and were
reinforced by
transverse framing...
