On Friday 07 Aug 2009, Anders Gidenstam wrote: > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, leee wrote: > > I'm just wondering how much hardwood there is in Sweden. > > Sweden's Firs might have been ok for the masts and spars but > > hardwood was needed for the hull and superstructure, typically > > Oak for the keel and frames and other hardwoods for hull and > > deck planking. Teak was especially favoured for deck planking > > once trade had opened up the tropics. A relatively little > > known fact is that Balsa is actually a hardwood :-) > > The oak supply was at least enough to supply the Swedish Navy for > hundereds of years (though Swedish Pomerainia was also an > important source during 1648 - 1815). AFAIK all oaks by law > belonged to the crown and could, if not needed for the Navy, be > exported to generate cash for the state (something often in short > supply). > > Cheers, > > Anders
Thanks for the intersting info. I guess Sweden's Oaks mainly came from the extreme south? It wouldn't surprise me if Sweden imported quite a bit of Oak. It also doesn't surprise me that all Oaks belonged to the crown. It was almost essential for ship building once the 'big' multi-decked vessels were developed (although some of the 'traditional' long-boats were pretty big too) and a nation's navy was it's primary security force around then; permanent standing national armies didn't come in until quite a lot later. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
