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4. Glued up sub-assemblies waiting the gluing of frame drawings.


I had hoped Hannah’s subsequent endeavors would have been glorious. However, that was not to be the case. In September 1775, Captain Nicholson Broughton and Hannah came across the 260-ton vessel Unity under the control of a British prize crew of seven men. T e men of Hannah gleefully took over Unity and brought the vessel into Cape Ann harbor. T inking they were to receive a major reward, the crew of Hannah was quite disappointed to learn


Unity was an American-owned vessel. T at was because article 9 of the commissioning documents restricted the size of the claim the crew of Hannah had on a fellow American vessel. Rebellion being a normal activity for this period, a full scale mutiny developed on Hannah under the leadership of one John Searle. It was put down by Washington’s forces, and the mutineers fi ned and whipped. Most of the rebels were discharged from the army. So much for glorious endeavors. Nevertheless, Hannah was the fi rst armed vessel offi cially commissioned in the service of America’s thirteen colonies, and deserves that recognition.


Overview T e fi rst thing I needed to do was make a set of plans at my chosen scale: 1:48 or ¼-inch equals 1 foot. I made copies of the frames, keel, and jig, enlarging them so that the frames were sized to ¼-inch wide, equivalent to a full-size frame one foot in width, as discussed in the book. T is made the length of the fi nished hull 15½ inches.


5. T e diff erent frame drawings glued to built-up sub-assemblies, ready to be cut to size and sanded. Note that the sections overlap at unattractive and odd angles and locations. It is this odd overlap that gives each frame its strength.


T e construction method is rather unusual, in that the model is built upside down, not right side up. To accomplish this, all frames are extended to a


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