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The ship is wood and his system required large amounts of copper, including sheeting covering what I understand to be a fairly large part of the hull. I imagine
by relistan 2y ago
The ship is wood and his system required large amounts of copper, including sheeting covering what I understand to be a fairly large part of the hull. I imagine the fitting process was also not inexpensive given that.
- consp 2y ago> including sheeting covering what I understand to be a fairly large part of the hull This was done anyway as it was the primary way of getting rid of barnicles, shipworm and other attaching seacreatures. I don't see why this is an additional cost.
- selimthegrim 2y agoHence the terms copper-bottomed and copper-fastened.
- peteri 2y agoCopper was already on the bottom of the ships by then to stop ship worm (terodo Navalis), it also had the advantage of stopping weed growth. A quick browse through Wikipedia suggests that entire Royal Navy had copper by the late 1790s.
- relistan 2y agoTIL thanks