CSS Alanta Plans

Tut11

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Recently a friend of mine had got these plans to build the Atlanta from scratch and has passed them to me for a possible model build in the future. ( Oh so little time) Plans are very detailed and thought others would like them for their records or possible model build. I am always looking for CSS Ironclad plans and if anyone has any of quality detail for the ships please post them if able.

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If I'm not mistaken, she was the only iron-hulled Confederacy ironclad, as well as the only one, rebuild from blue water ship?

I'm not sure, Andy or rebelatsea would be the one's to answer this one correctly. I have not done my intensive research yet on her.
 
Yes they are real plans from one of the Navy's museaum's, some better images are being sent soon. I'll ask which one he got them from.
They are by the very talented William Geogehan, draughtsman working for the Smithsonian. We owe this gentleman a great deal. His drawings can be relied upon except in one case. His CSS Mississippi is wrong ,but he produced a very attractive and handsome ship, which unfortunately does not conform to the contact specs, nor to the evidence given at the enquiry by her constructors and officers. Those among us researching the ironclads would love to know what sources he based her on.
I'm not sure, Andy or rebelatsea would be the one's to answer this one correctly. I have not done my intensive research yet on her.
Yes indeed, rebuilt on the hull of the steamer Fingal. Her plan was based on that of the "small Mississippi" design, but with a longer ( by between 20 -25ft) casemate, as Fingals cylinders project above the deck as cut down.
 
Horizontal Section Drawing of Ship's Hull for Saunders' Contract, by John L. Porter C. S. N. C. [Confederate States Naval Constructor] (undated) Digital reproduction from original drawing. 1 item. 1 p. 341 mm x 247 mm x 0 mm. Note: Signed & annotated: "to be built of iron, arranged here for wood. Scale 5 feet = one inch.
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Here is the rigged version, from Bob Holcombe's unpublished thesis
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I have long wanted to build this ,but the compound curves in the hull put me off !
 
Horizontal Section Drawing of Ship's Hull for Saunders' Contract, by John L. Porter C. S. N. C. [Confederate States Naval Constructor] (undated) Digital reproduction from original drawing. 1 item. 1 p. 341 mm x 247 mm x 0 mm. Note: Signed & annotated: "to be built of iron, arranged here for wood. Scale 5 feet = one inch.
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Here is the rigged version, from Bob Holcombe's unpublished thesis
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I have long wanted to build this ,but the compound curves in the hull put me off !

Excellent @rebelatsea !! This is another scratch built which should be made into a model. Is there a reference as to colors?
A small 1/600 scale shouldn't cost much to produce, in the future I'll see if I can put one of these together.
 
Excellent @rebelatsea !! This is another scratch built which should be made into a model. Is there a reference as to colors?
A small 1/600 scale shouldn't cost much to produce, in the future I'll see if I can put one of these together.
If I did get round to building it, I'd probably have a mid to dark grey hull, black funnel, Timber (tan?) masts, black yards.
Bulwarks internally would be white, (virtually universal) boats white outside. Teak hatch coamings etc with black or dark grey gratings on deck. decks and boat interiors scrubbed oak. Anchors and mooring gear black.
 
Who was Saunders?
All I know is that a G.N. Saunders was contracted to have 6 of these built in Europe. whether an individual or a company I don't know. Contract for 6 of these approved by the Confederate Congress 19/04/1862 with G. N. Sanders to be built in England, but not consummated. The guns were mounted in a short casemate amidships. An interesting design reminiscent of certain French ships in the later years of the 19th Century they were intended by J. L. Porter to be capable of carrying cargo, and fight their way through the blockade, as well as to act as commerce raiders, the weight calculations were almost certainly wrong, meaning they would not be able to carry cargo in fighting trim. Some thought was apparently given to trying to get these constructed in the South, but nothing came of the idea.
 

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