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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: John W E on November 06, 2015, 08:07:17 am

Title: Director Class Paddle Tug
Post by: John W E on November 06, 2015, 08:07:17 am
Hi all

Wonder if anyone can help.  Were the hulls of these paddle tugs riveted or welded?    I have only seen one pic which looks like the plating is lapped where it may have been riveted. 

Can anyone verify this?

aye

John
Title: Re: Director Class Paddle Tug
Post by: hammer on November 06, 2015, 07:26:39 pm
The time these tugs where built, almost all British ships were riveted. But remember a lot of rivets would be counter sunk flush.
The John H Amos was riveted with most rivets flush. It is a job to tell as there are so many patches. But the rudder post has snap (domed) rivets, as dose the rudder.
Both the paddle steamers I have modeled had the plates flush rivered.
Title: Re: Director Class Paddle Tug
Post by: Netleyned on November 06, 2015, 07:32:04 pm
The Directors were built 20 years and a world war
after the John H.
Could have been welded.
I thought Bob or Dodes would have
come up with the answer.

Ned
Title: Re: Director Class Paddle Tug
Post by: BFSMP on November 06, 2015, 08:36:53 pm
I have just seen this for sale on Ebay with paddles included.

I thought you might be interested.

Jim.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Director-Class-Paddle-Tug-Hull-Plan-and-Handmade-Feathering-Paddles-1-48-scale-/111817798524?hash=item1a08dc337c:g:bzUAAOSwQoFWPODD
Title: Re: Director Class Paddle Tug
Post by: Shipmate60 on November 06, 2015, 08:45:44 pm
I did spend a few weeks on Forceful till Confident nudged her and put her paddles over a mooring cat and ruined 1 set of paddles.
I just cant be sure if she was welded or riveted, but other vessels of a similar age were flush riveted.


Bob
Title: Re: Director Class Paddle Tug
Post by: John W E on November 21, 2015, 06:23:54 pm
hi all

I have actually managed to source and buy Model Boats mags that contain the plans and have a few photographs of The paddletug Forceful and low and behold one of the photographs actually shows flush riveting around the bulwarks - so I presume if the riveting is around the bulwarks the rest of the hull would have been riveted as well.

Thank you very much for your help lads.

aye
John