The Council of the Admiralty of Zealand asked on 10 November 1780 in ‘s Lands Dokhuis at Flushing for tenders for repairing the camp shedding of the dry dock/ The lowest bid would be accepted according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated the 9th. A few months earlier ordered the same council to make a careenage at the west side opposite of the Lands Arsenaal, the huge storehouse of the navy. This is striking while there was a dry dock in the town and which normally made a careenage not necessary. However even since the dry dock was made were problems with it and in 1780 it was again unusable. Not earlier as in 1836-1837 when it was reconstructed were these problems solved and was a separate careenage no longer needed. Despite this the careenage is until 1869 still visible on available charts. It was located before the nowadays no longer existing Oostkerk [church] which later became a foundry with there right in front of the Lands Arsenaal nowadays also broken up. Nowadays is on the location of the careenage a parking place and the Konigsberg [street]. On the charts are 3 small cubes visible to which Tideman referred in his book.
In 1861 explained B.J. Tideman was careening was and how this was done. A ship was beached with high tide exposing one side of the hull for maintenance and repairs below the waterline. Normally was a dry dock used for this purpose. But as known was the one at Flushing unusable. With the use of hoists were the masts pulled and fixed with the use so-called pits in the careenage. Each pit with a depth of two metres and a breadth of one metre were at Flushing fitted out with two capstans needed for the pulling. Before the pulling could be started were extensive preparations needed. Guns, cargo and rigging were removed and the gun ports and so on to be closed to prevent water entering the hull. The pit in the middle of the careenage was used for the main mast, the other two for the foremast depending on which side of the hull was pulled down. Tideman, probably the most ingenious Dutch navy engineer in the 19th century preferred a careenage above using a so-called keel lighter as long as the careenage was in a good condition. An old careenage could be rotten causing unacceptable risks. Another Dutch export Mossel described the careening process at Flushing extensively. The length of a careenage had to be least equal to the lengths of the ships which were to be careened. At Flushing the largest ships which needed to be careened were ships of the line with a maximum length of 58 metres.
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This model represents the careenage at the navy yard Willems oord {Den Helder] with the 44-guns frigate IJssel being careened. The model was made by Cornelis over de Linden in 1842.
What the risks of using a careenage was in 1855 scribed by the former Dutch navy captain Van der Hart. In April 1829 he went as 1st officer on board of the war brig Irene destined for the Dutch West Indies. The ship was fitted out at the navy yard at Flushing but needed to be careened. She was pulled to one side however exceeding the safe angle limit with as result that she was filled by incoming water. Immediately pumped empty was she again pulled to one side although now more carefully. However despite the fact that all water was pumped away complained the crew during the voyage to the Dutch West Indies about the damp living conditions on board!
Sources
C. van der Hart, gepensioneerd Kapitein ter Zee, “Schipbreuk van Z.M. Brik Sirene, op het eiland Bonayre, in de West-Indien’,in: Nederlands: proza en poezie van Nederlansche auteurs, vol. 13, Amsterdam, 1855.
G.P. Mossel. Handleiding to de kennis van het schip. 1859.
B.J. Tideman. Woordenboek van scheepsbouw bestemd om als handboek te dienen voor zee-officieren, ingenieurs, scheepsbouwmeesters, gezagvoerders, reeders, assuradeurs, studenten enz. 1861
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| Careenage in 1869 |
Municipality archive Flushing HTA0457 rond 1800
Municipality archive Flushing HTA 1084.
Afkomstig uit Madou, J. Vues des Pays-Bas.
In 1861 explained B.J. Tideman was careening was and how this was done. A ship was beached with high tide exposing one side of the hull for maintenance and repairs below the waterline. Normally was a dry dock used for this purpose. But as known was the one at Flushing unusable. With the use of hoists were the masts pulled and fixed with the use so-called pits in the careenage. Each pit with a depth of two metres and a breadth of one metre were at Flushing fitted out with two capstans needed for the pulling. Before the pulling could be started were extensive preparations needed. Guns, cargo and rigging were removed and the gun ports and so on to be closed to prevent water entering the hull. The pit in the middle of the careenage was used for the main mast, the other two for the foremast depending on which side of the hull was pulled down. Tideman, probably the most ingenious Dutch navy engineer in the 19th century preferred a careenage above using a so-called keel lighter as long as the careenage was in a good condition. An old careenage could be rotten causing unacceptable risks. Another Dutch export Mossel described the careening process at Flushing extensively. The length of a careenage had to be least equal to the lengths of the ships which were to be careened. At Flushing the largest ships which needed to be careened were ships of the line with a maximum length of 58 metres.
This model represents the careenage at the navy yard Willems oord {Den Helder] with the 44-guns frigate IJssel being careened. The model was made by Cornelis over de Linden in 1842.
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| 17 July 2013, foto Ron van Maanen |
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| 17 July 2013, foto Ron van Maanen |
Sources
C. van der Hart, gepensioneerd Kapitein ter Zee, “Schipbreuk van Z.M. Brik Sirene, op het eiland Bonayre, in de West-Indien’,in: Nederlands: proza en poezie van Nederlansche auteurs, vol. 13, Amsterdam, 1855.
G.P. Mossel. Handleiding to de kennis van het schip. 1859.
B.J. Tideman. Woordenboek van scheepsbouw bestemd om als handboek te dienen voor zee-officieren, ingenieurs, scheepsbouwmeesters, gezagvoerders, reeders, assuradeurs, studenten enz. 1861
