Further Research: Ship's Lines, Detailed Descriptions and A Model
South Australian Maritime historian Bob Sexton is presently assisting the Museum and is producing a detailed analysis, including lines drawings and descriptions of the ship. Model maker Clive Gordon of Perth is presently building a model which is based on Sexton's work. Crucial to this process has been the location of the long-lost contract for the building of Roebuck by Hannah Cunliffe and Sexton. Sexton's reports is in preparation and Gordon's model is near completion.
Read more about this topic: HMS Roebuck (1690)
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