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>Hi, > >In "Architectura Navalis Mercatoria," af Chapman gives >10 draughts of what he describes as frigates in the >section on merchant ships. He further describes the >rig ranging from ship to sloop (single mast - fore and >aft sails). The examples vary from 1140 tons burden >to 65 tons burden (the sloop). Thus a frigate ship >would be a vessal with a frigate hull and a ship rig. > >The frigate hull form in the draughts shows a head and >stern galleries. The draughts labeled as hagboat >(heckboat) also had these features. The difference >between the two types seem to have been that the >frigate had a square tuck stern while the hagboat had >a round tuck stern. The hagboat was typically more >burdensome (though the sample size of 14 is rather >limited). > >In "The Heyday of Sail" "Svenkt Skeppsbyggeri" (I >assume a book, but don't know any particulars) is >cited for Swedish ship building totals for the years >1680 through 1814. Of a total of 1817 ships, 953 were >built in the Finnish Bothnian Coast. > >Carl

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