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'Göta Lejon' Swedish 3rd Rate 1746 (With Plans)


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Göta Lejon

Swedish 3rd Rate

70-76 guns

1746

 

Göta Lejon was built in Karskrona in 1746.She was rebuilt in 1769-1770 and served until 1816 when she was broken up.

 

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Model from Swedish Museum:

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Dimensions:

 

Lenght of Gundeck: 164' Swedish Aln

Breadth:  44' Swedish Aln

Depth in Hold: 20' 6'' Swedish Aln

Displacement: 2050-2100 ton

 

Card from the museum:

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Armament(1746):

 

Lower Gun Deck: 28 x Swedish 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck: 26 x Swedish 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 22 x Swedish 6-Pounder

 

Armament(1770):

Lower Gun Deck: 26 x Swedish 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck: 26 x Swedish 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 22 x Swedish 6-Pounder

 

 

 

 

From Illustrerad Svensk sjökrigshistoria: delen. Omfattande tiden intill 1680 by Gunnar Unge:

https://books.google.gr/books?id=RchAAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA305&lpg=RA1-PA305&dq=G%C3%B6ta+Lejon+1746&source=bl&ots=cqUK57WfQh&sig=HCvcixW-EML7fwOSAgOWj15TiQY&hl=el&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjypcXmza_PAhXGXBQKHRCxBqYQ6AEIYDAM#v=onepage&q=G%C3%B6ta%20Lejon&f=false

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources:http://digitaltmuseum.se/021025898367#&gid=1&pid=11

http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=10890

http://felipe.mbnet.fi/html/body_gota_lejon_1746.html

http://felipe.mbnet.fi/Sweden/Sweden_Ships_1700-1860/sweden_ships_1700-1860.html

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ta_Lejon_(1746)

 

 

Every help is welcome!

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She has a very interesting bow, almost like a ship has been built on top of another ship, she is a nice find :)

 

 

Notice the two guns. Very interesting angle. I wonder if they could fire directly forward

 

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As a sidenote, if this ship doesnt make it into the game, her painting scheme would really fit the Bellona or the 3rd Rate as a skin.

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I would be very surprised if the guns couldn't be positioned to fire forwards, they arent too disimilar to most the gun deck chasers we see where there is a bizarrely angled ports, it looks like there are 2 ports directly under the deck chasers too, id imagine they could be arranged to take the front most gun on the bow, giving her a total of 6 possible chasers should the set up need it, a set up not too different to the one I was reading about for Fama recently :)

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Just received some extra info from the Swedish Maritime Museum.

 

Supposedely the Göta Lejon was built 14 years later after the 66-gunner Enigheten using the same plans. The constructor for both was the famous Charles Sheldon.

 

I've sent an email to the War Archives to see if there is a way of getting a copy the plans. Awaiting an answer

 

Some info about Enigheten:

 

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigheten_(1732)

http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=10887

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The gentleman from the museum was kind enough to send me a card with info which i've added to the OP. I also have the plans in my possesion but i will not post them here for obvious reasons. If the devs are interested in modelling the ship i can send them via PM :)

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The gentleman from the museum was kind enough to send me a card with info which i've added to the OP. I also have the plans in my possesion but i will not post them here for obvious reasons. If the devs are interested in modelling the ship i can send them via PM :)

What obvious reason D: ?

Teasing like this is not nice :(

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copyright

If the plans has been given by the state archive there is no copyright.....

 

Also if they had copyright on them he wouldnt be allowed to send them further to them either.

 

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If you dont trust me here is the terms of use: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

https://www.riksarkivet.se/psidata

 

If its ordered thru marinmuseum then here is the thingy about that : http://www.marinmuseum.se/samlingarna/prislista(swedish)

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I asked and received them from the archives. I just wasn't sure if I was allowed to post them even after a short read through the terms of service. If it is ok then I will post them as soon as possible :)

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I asked and received them from the archives. I just wasn't sure if I was allowed to post them even after a short read through the terms of service. If it is ok then I will post them as soon as possible :)

The terms of service stated is those which shall be followed unless stated otherwise in your conversation with them. If nothing has been stated about it then these are the terms to be followed : https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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