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Swedish warship drawings are most likely either at the national military archives (Krigsarkivet) or at the museum of maritime history (Sjöhistoriska muséet). Krigsarkivet has a searchable database over their drawings, which you can see here: http://sok.riksarkivet.se/digitala-arkiv?Arkivsok=marinens+ritningar&Lan=0&Arkivtyp=Alla&EndastDigitaliserat=false&page=2&postid=Arkis+71971c9a-e6b2-46f6-aba6-cc9217c9a153&tab=post&FacettState=undefined%3ac|&s=TARKIS08_Balder Kronan is in there but the only drawings of it seems to be ones of small parts (figurehead, stern gallery etc).

Then you gotta pay up! I like the game and I'm willing to donate some of my time to helping its development, but I'm not about to spend a few hundred dollars of my own money on it with the vague hope that the developers might eventually possibly use what I paid for. I post the drawings with the hope that the developers will confirm "yes that is something we want to implement". If they did, then I would consider paying for the scans. And no, these drawings are not available for free online. You can either visit the museum of maritime history (Månis were in touch with them) or the national military archives (my own hunting grounds) and while both of them will happily help you to look at either drawing originals or microfilmed versions, neither of them will provide you with scans for free.

Do people not see my posts here at all or something? :V I didn't get around to visiting the national military archives until last Saturday. With apologies for the delay, here are the drawings of Chapman's 1792 proposal for an 80 gun ship of the line: http://imgur.com/a/dcBoT Again, quality of these photos is limited by my kinda shitty handheld camera (tripods and extra lightning are not permitted in the research room) but if you want I can help order scans of these. The delivery time for scans is usually about a week or two; they send them to you on a CD or DVD. Also, feel free to peruse the drawing index at your leisure: http://sok.riksarkivet.se/digitala-arkiv?Arkivsok=marinens+ritningar&EndastDigitaliserat=false&Lan=0&Arkivtyp=Alla&AvanceradSok=False&PageSize=50&page=1&postid=Arkis+71971c9a-e6b2-46f6-aba6-cc9217c9a153&tab=post&FacettState=undefined%3Ac%7C&prependUrl=%2Fdigitala-arkiv&vol=n&ct=50&inc=1&exp=y&s=TARKIS08_Balder Send me a PM if you want something photographed, I visit Krigsarkivet at least once a week while doing research on other stuff.

There's way too much stuff for me to photo at once, but you can look at the index yourself if you want to: http://sok.riksarkivet.se/digitala-arkiv?Arkivsok=marinens+ritningar&Lan=0&Arkivtyp=Alla&EndastDigitaliserat=false&page=1&postid=Arkis+71971c9a-e6b2-46f6-aba6-cc9217c9a153&tab=post&FacettState=undefined%3ac%7c&s=TARKIS08_Balder

Took another look at the national archives search engine and found two Chapman projects from the 1790's with 80 and 94 guns respectively. Dunno how I missed those before. I'll get you photos on Monday!

See my post above. If I follow your requirements strictly and look at ships that were actually in service there are only two certain candidates: - Göta Lejon, 90 guns, launched 1702, broken up 1745 - Tre Kronor, 86 guns, launched 1706, lost at Køge Bay in 1710 I don't think drawings of either have survived; if they have they're neither at the museum of maritime history nor at the national archives. If you extend to 1690 there's a few more possibilities but I can't find drawings of those either so it doesn't really matter. Still, I'll go to the national archives on Monday so I can double check it then. So, to Chapman's archives we go! There's a number of drawings of a 94 gun ship based on various physical experiments conducted in 1796 here: http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Fordjupning/MarketStore/Ritning/?msobjid=0003645&Origin=SM Unfortunately there are no previews available so you've gotta give the museum 250 SEK (about 25 EUR) per drawing for scans if you want to see them.

There are a few possible Swedish ships but all of them are from the period right around 1700 and I haven't been able to find drawings of them yet. Göta Lejon (90 guns, launched 1702, flagship of the Swedish navy at Køge Bay in 1710 and at Rügen in 1715) is one possibility, her sister Tre Kronor (86 guns originally could carry up to 96, launched 1706 and lost at Køge Bay in 1710) is another. After this though the Swedish navy didn't build any ships of the line bigger than a 74 until the mid-1800's and by then they were steam-assisted. If you're willing to extend to 1690 or so there are a few more examples, such as Konung Karl aka. Carolus Rex, a three-decker originally built in 1696 as a 108 but later reduced to 96 guns. It was said to have a very elaborate stern, though. There's also a few Chapman drawings that might be suitable. I know drawings of Carolus Rex exist at the national archives but the others I'm unsure about, maybe the museum of maritime history has some.

Glad you found it interesting! I'm just fascinated by old documents. It's probably because I'm a huge nerd but I think it's pretty awesome that I could just walk into the national archives and get to handle 250 year old drawings just like that. Archivist's cotton gloves required but otherwise I was free to look and touch. It felt pretty special.

http://imgur.com/a/WfIoc The Swedish frigate HMS Enigheten ("unity"), drawn by naval architect Harald Sohlberg. Two sister-ships built in 1767 and 1769, later renamed af Trolle and Sprengtporten respectively. 24 guns; drawing says 8-pounders but it seems to have been upgunned when it entered service in the navy because the service record says 12-pounders. This drawing seems to be a copy; in the lower left corner there's a note that says "I certify that this is equal to the original -Fredrik Chapman", presumably in his own hand. The red stamp says (abbreviated) "Property of the navy's construction office". I have a few more photos and in higher resolution too but it's hard to photograph a drawing that's about a meter and a half long with just a handheld camera. I can arrange for real scans if you want, I'll even pay out of my own pocket for it, but only if you're actually intending to do something with them.