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NORSKE LØVE
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This is a model of the warship Norske Løve which was
constructed by Master F.M. Krabbe (1725-96) and built by
the Navy's shipyard on Nyholm near Copenhagen. The ship
was given the building number 35.
Building commenced in May 1764 and the launching
took place on 30th April, 1765. The ship was finished and
equipped on 10th October, 1767.
Norske løve was the second built from a series of three,
the two others being 'Printz Friderich' and 'Dronning
Caroline Mathilde' (later called 'Øresund' in 1772). The
ship was named after the Norwegian Lion and the Danish
- Norwegian Imperial Coat of Arms. The lenght of the ship
was 167 (Danish) feet over the sterns, width 45 feet and
depth, fore and aft, 18 feet 9 inches and 20 feet. There was
a normal crew of 667 men and an armament of 70 canons
of iron with 26 canons 24 pd. on the lower deck, 26 canons
18. pd. on the middle deck and 18 canons 8 pd. on the
upper deck.
The Danish-Norwegian Warships were, until 1780, tared
with a very dark brown colour, after which they were
painted black with light-yellow battery lines (the so called
'Nelson Look'). The decks were light tar coloured and the
gun-carriages red. All ornaments, made by the sculptor C.
Møllerup being reminders of Norway. On the transom there
is a fisherman and a farmer, symbolizing the most important
trades of Norway, agriculture and fishing.
The Norske Løve was used as a guard ship in Øresund
and other Danish waters. In 1789 it was equipped as a
guard ship to protect russian ships in the Danish waters. In
1779 the ship was repaired and in 1795, after having been
stripped into a block ship, was used to give shelter for
homeless families after the Fire in Copenhagen that same
year. In 1798 it was deleted from the Navy's registers.
Until 1814 Norske Løve was a much used name for ships
in the Danish-Norwegian Fleet. Thus known is a Norske
Løve (1665-79) an ivory model of which still exists. Further
more, there was a model of the Norske Løve launched
in 1735 and deleted in 1764 not to be mistaken for the
warship this model represents. The model os this Norske
Løve is developed on the basis of the original construction
drawings.
Fig. 1-2
Here we show an example how to build the keel on the
support. For the support you can use a board, which is not
included in the kit.
Put the keel vertical and at right angles between the 2 strips
on the board.
Sandpaper the frames and fix them to the keel so that they
are a tight fit. The frames are placed quite vertical and a
right angles. Glue them one at a time. Place the angles at
the frame until the glue is dry.
Now adjust the middlepieces. They mustn't be too tight.
Glue them.
Shorten the strips for the middelpieces (see drawing) and
glue them in the notches between the shelves and frames.
The drawing shows how many frames the strips must cover.
Adjust the notches in the deck.
Glue the parts together as shown on the drawing.
Fig. 3-4
Affix the other parts such as rail, rudder etc. as shown on
the drawing.
When the bulkhead, etc. is in position the hull can be
planked.
Fig. 5-11
These drawings show how to assemble the various
erections on deck as cabin, skylight etc. mounted with the
correct fittings.
Fig. 12-14
These sheets show the details of the masts and how to
finish them.
When the masts are assembled, paint them and mount the
fittings.
Affix the masts in the hull as shown on the main drawing
with the correct angle. The masts are fastened with the
standing rigging (stay, shrouds etc. of rigging thread). This
part of the rigging is numbered and marked with an "R", so
you can see where to fix each part on the hull.
Fig. 15-17
How to mount the yards.
Affix them to the masts as shown on plan 1.
If you want sails on the model, it is best to fit the yards with
sails before you fasten them to the masts. On a later sheet
you can see how to sew and affix them.
The yards are fastened with the running rigging (sheets,
halyards etc. of rigging thread). This part of the rigging is
numbered too and marked with an "L", so you can see,
where to fix each part.
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