English Oak — Shipbuilding Timber

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A first-rate in the Victory class under sail.

Overview

The timber credit is already on HMS Victory — Overview. Her frames were English oak, sourced from the forests of Wealden Forest — Timber Source. It took approximately 6,000 trees to build her.¹

The Timber Credit

This note covers that timber credit only. English Elm — Shipbuilding Timber, the Wealden Forest as its own note, and Teredo Worm — Hull Degradation stay red-links.

Slade Thomas — Naval Architect designed her. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard in 1759 and launched on 7 May 1765. Those facts stay on the Victory and Slade notes.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• HMS Victory — Overview

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Same Subject

• HMS Victory — Overview
• Slade Thomas — Naval Architect
• Copper Sheathing — Hull Protection
• English Elm — Shipbuilding Timber — keel timber credit only
• Wealden Forest — Timber Source — oak source credit only
• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Cross-Domain

• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Frames from English oak; Wealden Forest; approximately 6,000 trees: HMS Victory — Overview. ↩

2. Slade; Chatham 1759; launched 7 May 1765: same note. Do not write the elm, Wealden, or Teredo notes here. ↩