Color schemes of ships of the line http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/4821/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:46:46 GMT Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:16:59 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/4821/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/62794/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-62794 taschoene wrote:
Electric Joe wrote:

Can you describe any examples other than the Nelson checkerboard?

From the Nile (before the Nelson checker became standard in the early 1800s):

HMS Alexander: Plain yellow sides with a black stroke

HMS Goliath: Yellow sides with a black stroke... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Electric Joe) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/62794 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:16:58 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/62674/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-62674 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (taschoene) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/62674 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:07:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/62673/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-62673 Electric Joe wrote:

Can you describe any examples other than the Nelson checkerboard?

From the Nile (before the Nelson checker became standard in the early 1800s):

HMS Alexander: Plain yellow sides with a black stroke

HMS Goliath: Yellow sides with a black stroke between upper and lower rows of gun ports

HMS Culloden: Yellow sides with... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (taschoene) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/62673 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:06:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/62579/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-62579 Rick Robinson wrote:

Cutthroat capitalism was fairly literal in the 16th century. image

On the main topic, there were no really standard national patterns, or any standard pattern at all till the Nelson checkerboard caught on. Captains painted their ships as they wished, within very broad guidelines (mainly how much money the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Electric Joe) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/62579 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:06:45 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/61860/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-61860

On the main topic, there were no really standard national patterns, or any standard pattern at all till the Nelson checkerboard caught on. Captains painted their ships as they wished, within very broad guidelines (mainly how much money the Admiralty provided), and general custom.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rick Robinson) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/61860 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:36:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/61714/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-61714 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (bager1968) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/61714 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:21:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/61645/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-61645 image
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Argosy23) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/61645 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:46:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/61625/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-61625 Black hull, yellow gunport stripe, black gunports, natural decks and spars, yellow "gingerbread-work" (details). For an example, take a look at HMS Victory.

However, the flags on the Victory (White Ensign at stern, St. George's cross with one ball at mainmast) are historically inaccurate, and are the modern flags of a Vice-Admiral's flagship- which she is. As Nelson's... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Alexius55) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/61625 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:35:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/61622/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html#reply-61622
The hull should be somewhere between green and brown, the mast is darkbrown, sails are white without any marks.
Later, they were also appyling black as the hull colour, whith black(sometimes black, sometimes natural, or a mix of both) mast and white sails again. Don't know about the decks, but the model of a ship I built(it was a Yuslavian made kit, superb fun, the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Argosy23) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/61622 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:59:08 GMT <![CDATA[ Color schemes of ships of the line ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/4821/t/Color-schemes-of-ships-of-the-line.html
What was the color scheme of the ships of the line of the various fleets (i.e. color of the hull, the stripes over the gun ports, the lower masts and the decks)?

The Americans are easy: black hull, white gunport stripe, yellow lower masts and natural decks. Can anyone tell me the schemes for:

Britain
France
Spain
Russia
The Netherlands
Any other fleets of significance. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Electric Joe) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/4821 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:46:46 GMT