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Click on this image (left) to see the hanging magazine that we recovered
from the forward section of the wreck. It came up completely in pieces.
Fortunately, each and every part was numbered to show exactly where it
fitted in the overall structure. All numbers were carved into the pine
slats and uprights using roman numerals. For example, joint (dividing
slat and corresponding hole in upright) number 19 was marked XV1111
and so on. Simon Aked and I took the whole lot to Chatham Historic dockyard
where we assembled it as seen in this image. NOTE the wonderful little
drawers sitting on the deck below the racking that once held the cartridge
cases. These drawers were to catch / collect any gunpowder grains that
might have spilled from the cartridge boxes.
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