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>If remember correctly, there are some cost details in >Rif Winfields book on the Royal Navy I'll try and look >it up tonight. > >The British used sheets of paper as a layer between >the copper and the hull. Apparently this was enough to >prevent a chemical reaction between the copper and the >iron bolts used to hold the hull together. > >Wikipedia claims the cost of a third rate was around >£1500 (quoting Lavery) > >Cy > >>>I am trying to get a clearer understanding of the >>>effect of coppering a warship had in terms of the >>>weight added by the process and the expense involved. >>>Specifically, how expensive a process was coppering, >>>what were the dimensions and thicknesses of the >>>individual plates, how much did the plates weigh? I >>>would also be interested in determining when >coppering >>>was introduced in different navies. >>> >>>Thanks, John Tredrea >> >>I should have added another question: Wasn't there >>some sort of interface applied between the copper and >>the wooden hull? If so, what kinds of material and >>what thicknesses? >> >>Thanks again.

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