Shipbucket

Sabine is a river.

This is really good, a great inspiration.

klagldsf wrote:Also where are Campeche's big rifles?

Well, she appears to be the same general layout as the Alabama, so I think that they would be in a fore/aft arrangement on swivel mounts. That's how they were done on the Alabama and her Royal Navy cousins.


Redhorse... your work is one of the greatest on the boards.
Please, keep it up!

Also where are Campeche's big rifles?

They're behind the large gun ports between the mizzen and mainmast, and just forward of the funnel. Her railing is just over 5 feet high and conceals the guns, which was typical of many warships built during this time period.

Almost all Texas ships, especially the smaller ones, are named after rivers.

Cannons.

DUH!!!

JLDogg wrote:

Cannons.

DUH!!!

nope GUNS, cannons is a term used on the land....

Well, still. A shipborne cannon or, as you say, "guns."

Between 1866 and 1875, the Texas Navy constructed only one new ship. Commissioned in 1873, she was officially known as a Center Battery Cruiser. The design was typical for its time, and she was the largest ship yet built for the navy. She assumed the role of fleet flagship with the largest guns ever mounted for the Texas Navy: 8" breech loading rifles.





San Jacinto was the second ship to bear the name, and the first ship without the retractable screw. Unlike her predecessors, she did not suffer from excessive drag when the engine was disengaged. She had steam powered ammunition hoists, and was the first ship designed with an armor belt. Eight inches of iron protected the waterline, and uniquely, was bolted to the iron frame with the wooden planking fastened over it.

ALVAMA wrote:

JLDogg wrote:

Cannons.

DUH!!!

nope GUNS, cannons is a term used on the land....

I prefer calling them rifles...when they're rifled, of course.

Lovely sailing/steam vessels you have there RH!!!!!!!