Frigate Antoinette
In 1847 the company Roget & Cia. commissioned the construction of a frigate operating from Mar Arens. Our rebesavi in \u200b\u200bFrancis Cabot Solà and was partner in Roget and captain of the frigate Antoinette. Engaged in trade between the mainland and America. In
Francisco Solá Cabot and married his first cousin, had three children, two of them sordmuts. One of them, Gaietà, had five children. The smallest of the gang, Emilia, was our grandmother. The rest of the family more or less fortunate have inherited a gene curious. As you can see Francis Cabot Solà and one way or another, we all scored.
This is the purchase contract of Antoinette, signed by the owner Mr. Roget and Salvador Locate and Extract from Shipbuilders OF EXPROVINCIA MARITIMA killing. 1816-1875. Iluro Award 1970, written by Joaquim Llovet.
"Don Francisco Roget calving and Roca, the merchant, and Master builder Don Salvador Search, Neighbor of this Villa, you are hereby CONTRATA celebration for the construction of a frigate of the dimensions siguientes: clean Keel, 110 copies of Burgos; Beam, 34 feet of Burgos, Strut, 20 feet of Burgos; Hancho of Yugo, 25 feet of Burgos; Guidelines stern, 2 feet Burgos ID Proa, 10 feet Burgos Alto draft, 4 feet and 9 pulgadas.Condiciones Burgos: 1. The keel, stem and will codastre oak without the slightest failure that can undermine the strength that accrued to have these pieces, 12 inches thick with 16 cannot deducting from this the rabbet competente.2. The oak frames are 7 inches thick and 14 double frame fore and aft direction 7 inches clear of each other with 12 id. Braga in the teacher increased proportionately azia hairpins Peak and Double wooden deviendo have 37 centers buque.3 ship. Palmos on each side will have 12 oak planks 3 1 / 2 inch thick thickness and equal other land pine, with each other with sharp edges the same shall be the 10 band but we feel for the thickness of 5 and 8 inches wide, making the manufacturer the utmost care so that they are perfectly abiadas and not put on any board or any sema.4 sinta said. The race will have 6 inches in thickness and width that corresponds to no affinity week to become the drones have had the captain or owner who will be in charge of maestro.5. The oak baraganetes be thoroughly cleaned of 7 inches thick and 8 hancho in the sense of fore and aft, with 5 1 / 4 feet away from center to center akin to Baian between frame and frame, good drafts and curamentados for greater stability and firmness of the side and across the long tables occupying garrison will only be on center 2 1 / 2 Palmos hir understanding that these tables placed in the width bateiola its part to be well obenjes. 6. The board will be covered on behalf of Pine Flanders builder thoroughly cleaned 2 inches to the outside of 1 1 / 2 inch seam inside followed from stem to stern and well trabajado.7. The roof will be teia boards of Charleston or North America for 31 / 4 inches thick and 5 id. of hancho in schools and well distributed for the most exquisite view with the understanding that the table immediately to the gunwale should be 51 / 2 inches thick and 10 meshed with the webs hancho 21 / 4 pulgadas.8. The beams of the 12-inch cuvierta encurbados all of them Horizontal box on the face of stern and bow to Curb Oak 7 inches thick and good panties with 4 feet clear of Bao Bao deviendo have intermediate half bao 7 inches thick and 9 others hancho each beam carrying a staff and a half round bordoncito all tables in the covered part of abajo.9. The stringers will be 11 inches high and 14 wide meshed with the beams and so that combenga with a staff of singing the part of alguna.10 cuvierta without fail. Sleepers or strakes of Cuvierta have 10 inch thick and 12 wide, having hir the beams of the dove-tailed cuviertas sleepers and those meshed with the ties sleeping with half Contubal sleeping or below 6 inches thick and 10 ancho.11. In the winery and at the height of 6 feet below the main deck or well where the Lord will determine how far in the decks fore and aft beams as a means both beams, stringers, stringers against, Curb, dormant and others have the same thick and wider than the main deck, only to be covered with pine planks thick ground 31 / 4 inch and 8 wide and well distributed for its beautiful view from the stern to bow and to all the beams are they form a staff Rodondo and ninguno.12 tables. Will cover both below and in the center rope Popa forward, 10 inches square with indented 3 inches and bordones.13 beams. All the space cuvierta half from the main to the bridge between hir doit pine planks lined the ground 3 inch thick and 10 wide in the middle leaving uncovered a clear backing of 6 inches from stem to stern related spending the aires.14. 5 Barengo will double by this band is from the beams below decks on each side two of them angry at the ties that it will be given 4 1 / 2 inches thick to these and 3 1 / 2 to the other without having to mesh each have a board and another 10 inches wide and 10 others from the first Barengo Hira covered leaving Paiol formed as ajostumbra put on ships grandes.15. The Palmach or keel, and another which will be of oak apoio meshed and provided the bond and dimensions of buque.16. The gilts will be 9 inches thick and 31 / 2 of light from one to another and two Porcas for each party shall also have 9 Oak high and 7 inches wide meshed with the ties and transom must have good panties. 17. Dever be local sturdy oak from the first frame of the stem to the stem and equally throughout the gait of the tables lining band to band and fireworks or sleeping as well as from bridges popa.18 body. The Yugo contrarroda and robust doit être well and the first doit have particularly good thickness in the walk of the tip of a board branje the keel on condition that all the pieces together mothers should angur bien.19. Doit keel must be in four parts have on keel 18 inches wide and 13 id. cannot meshed with 3-inch to its thickness and decreasing bond to the estreñios.20 hancho. Otcho will bow to curb robust and prolonged meshed well to the bond, also 5 to Stern or are escorpines.21. Well done have a pond. A good reel with robust columns or pine Valencia Walnut 10 Inch thickness and width that corresponds to your curb to the fore side of the gunwale extended to meshed with the beams and the column or the bottom of ingots Reel will be 20 inches square and a curve to the fore side rather robust to the gunwale to which it is established the bowsprit, and both this and other nice views, the two first columns deveras reach the decks and foot bullion to the keel and put 3 sepospara roble.22 wood anchors. 2 cranes have one forward and one aft to assert Gigre this Devera be 10 inches square to the affirmation of the machine and less high, the forward 8 inch thick and 9 wide. A fore and aft clavillero to every part of Charleston teia wood 5 inches thick, the corresponding wide meshed as possible on each barraganete.23. The Bateiola the rail will 12 inches wide and 6 1 / 2 thick wood or other wood Vinaros be listed. The hatch coamings have 8 inches thick and the depth they deserve with their bands. Two bows or cats for Anchors of 14 inches square and two large cleats Castillo.24 above. Band have two brooms for your shell for anchors with a castle to be formed from the stem of the stem to 6 palms to face aft of the bows, with beams of 8 inches square hir deviendo the aft bathroom with curb encurbado oak and the planking of the castle will be the thickness of 3 inches and is also required of the teacher to assemble and place on top of the castle a winch in the manner and place combenga 8-inch thick pieces where nails anclas.25 rest. Have a distance of 58 spans from the stem to stern to bow the formation of the Chamber Starting at that point as the dual frame to the height of the deck bateiola form of 16 palms in height by placing a strakes or aft sleeping bow of 10 inches and the width that corresponds with a medium frame or 3-inch contubal deviendo be 14 Baos of 10 inches wide and 6 high meshed all-tailed to the sleeping cabin and each forming a curve will orizontal oak that the patron of the bathroom with the fireworks, other than the patron of the stern, this is a Betiol walking the main one to walk the indoor and walk up the bateiolita; have its baraganetes tune so the bateiola to be this high 21 / 2 inches and pine teia of Charleston to serve as clavillero and 21 / 2 Palmos high overboard. 26. This camera will be covered pine teia of Charleston by the same oden the main deck without any difference and pine stringers will land deviendo have a bath of 12 inches square apoio the main deck to the formation of the affine camera putting the mountain to get the bulkhead and the two bulwarks Highlander will be paid by the builder deviendo be very strong affinities to saw the waters by putting up the chamber Along the coast to be good enough for Captain Caramanchel training and proper to within cámara.27. One must have its aft bulkhead in the wood decks of Flanders 1 1 / 2 inch thick for the pantry. One for the Santa Barbara, one for the Carbonera, two for two with its cockpit, another to the fore side of the foremast with a door on each side and the distance of 9 spans each party will form another bulkhead to become a Penol for rigging and sails and another for the rest to the ranch and its dueños.28 bow. Will hold both the decks and in the feet of sheep and struts 9 inches square, these and 10 wide ram the stern and the curb rather robust affine While the Yugo to the patron of the frames and the same in the entrepuentes.29. Have a box of bombs, one for the strings to the fore side of mast above the decks as Captain available all in tables 1 1 / 2 Inch grueso.30. Will your boat and two boats dimenciones provided the vessel, its CALS for the boat and stubby it gaviete deviendo these vessels to be worked with all pulidez and so Devera be the wood stove and grandeur Flanders provided the vessel shall also be The Bow locker with two entrances, one to starboard and a port and two doors to each entry, Contele all hatch covers and camera 2 inch thick planking their bars appropriate and well-crafted, there will be 6 inbornales make two Baradero to the side for loading and unloading, there will be a stern usher for Común.31. It is the duty of the builder to form the battery, making the bunting so that intended by the Captain, walnut wood gates and everything worked well and also put two pieces brazas.32 Popa to sign. It is the duty of the builder to brush the side to the linia ribbons of water, two decks, coamings. Cranes, bateiolas, gunwales, bow cover, to their staffs where combenga put your account on the tapes, side covers and other necessary wooden plugs and sepillos for all baos.33. This forced the teacher to leave the ship with all his scouts and cleats corresponding Baradero make the shell of the nail anchors, rods to doze to the windlass elm, six mirrors, six bars. Winch, a Tiller The shoe for the Keel and line the masquetas o ^ concentration for its most beautiful sight, put two large cleats to leave obenv of trinte.34. This forced the builder to work all the rigging and provide wood for catchuzelas, bathrooms, mastheads, tamborete, Walnut or Mahogany Cruzeta and everything worked with the pulides posible.35. All parts be accrued on this ship and are not specified his thick deveras have long and thick that they shall always be in order construction and sense of well reforsado and they and other well-crafted of wood and good and healthy with the least possible semes oak wood, and being in another chapter that there can be semes in ny Pine Oak planking .36. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to ship wireless Clafateado three tow at 3 decks, ie camera, deck and decks, tapes, and keel 5, five, and three to the bottom, to pitch to the oak wood where is Nesite of red and black also related to inhabit the cracks that this will happen in the Red in visible places. Tar is given to the outside of the frames on top of the beams, and Curb, putting all stringers HANTES and planking will also no tar inside the hull from the decks down, to fire, tar bitumen, black Brea umo and sevoflurane, as usual, opening / closing of ditches, tinned, to match your macnitud eels and also stud needed a Jack Keel to work equally with the Eels, the doit être Oak wood with dark circles to move the ropes that accrued related lashings eels that work on that ship Sotequilla.37. Constructor is in charge of the line the camera from gunwale to below the beams, with tables of 1 1 / 2 inch wing from within Wing and 2 inches of wood out of Flanders by the same order overboard just that around the place that gives wing House doit être clafateado necesario.38 whatever. It will only be required to ship owners paying the perneria, Clabazón, Lead and other iron, as well as all the percheria for rigging, everything else is in charge of master constructor.39. Under these agreements and conditions the vessel is adjusted by the value of Dies thousand dollars, which will be delivered in 1st 2nd 3rd and is paid as follows: 1st planting the keel, 2nd to put the tapes and the last bay as the ship ahead, deviendo be ready to be thrown out to sea in mid December of next year and for compliance respectíbamente signed two a solo tenor and effect, in the town of Arenys sea in November twenty thousand Eight hundred and forty siete.Francisco Roget Roca and Salvador BusquéisArenys Mar.
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