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From: "Elaine Hanson" <>
Subject: RE: Ships carpenters and wrights
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:40:57 +0100
In-Reply-To: <003301c567a6$561c8970$0100a8c0@FAMILYROOM>


Subject: Ships carpenters and wrights

Hi Ann,

Thanks for these.......I looked the other day but couldn't find anything.
The first one is particularly good and I've pasted this to file.


a small extract for those with an interest:-

"The Shipwright proper was responsible for work on the hull and his skills
could only be acquired by a long apprenticeship, seven years being the time
laid down by the Company of Shipwrights. An apprentice - known as a
quarterboy - was indentured to the master Shipwright in a yard, and was put
to work with an older, more experienced man, thus at the same time giving
him a hand with the heavier jobs. He was prevented from leaving the yard
until his time was served he had proved himself competent. He then had the
right to call himself a Shipwright capable of commanding a daily wage. Only
then could he freely offer his skills elsewhere."

Elaine.


Elaine
the urls below are quite informative

http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.angell/mhistory/shipwright.htm

http://www.maryrose.org/lcity/woodwork/shipbuilding1.htm


The men who built the ships were the ship wrights and the carpenters
repaired them

There is actually a difference between a
ship carpenter and a ships carpenter as you will often find both of these
terms listed on census forms too
Ann


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