Cost to build a napoleonic era ship of the line?

Cost to build a napoleonic era ship of the line?

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plasticpig

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Wednesday 17th April 2013
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Idle pondering. If I wanted to have say a 74 gun third rate ship of the line built today how much would it cost? Do the skills still exist in the UK to build one today?


plasticpig

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Wednesday 17th April 2013
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Got to be a properly built one. Not too bothered about it being oak built but I do wonder if there is sufficient American White Oak available to do the job.

plasticpig

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Thursday 18th April 2013
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The Hermione looks a real beauty. I hadn't realised that some ships had survived so long.