Hornblower's Ships: Their History & Their Models

✍ Scribed by Martin Saville

• Publisher: Conway Maritime Press
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 136
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the scale-model ship design and construction for the Emmy-winning A&E series Horatio Hornblower-- Illustrated with more than 100 color and black-and-white photos of the models, on-set production shots, and original draft plansFor A&E's dramatization of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, producers lavishly funded astounding re-creations of the epic battles scenes. In Hornblower's Ships, Martin Saville interweaves the history of Nelsonic-era shipbuilding with his account of the research, planning, and construction stages of the eleven specially commissioned, fully working, scale models of Forester's famed vessels. The book also includes an invaluable reference section detailing the ship types, full specifications, historical precedents, the fictional role of the series' vessels, and scale plans of the vessels that will delight both nautical enthusiasts and model builders

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction 8
The project begins – at work in Russia 10
Back to England – progress at Pinewood 17
Additional sets and craft 19
The background to Hornblower 19

1. Construction 21
   The hulls 22
   The masts 36
   The rigging 41
   The sails 45
   The armaments and fittings 46
   Painting 52

2. The Models in Use 53
   The models at Yalta and Pinewood 53
   Filming the Hornblower series 58

3. Hornblower: A Historical Perspective 81

4. Hornblower's Ship Types 85
   The 74-gun Ship HMS Justinian 88
   The 'Razee' HMS Indefatigable 95
   The Frigates 108
   The Baltic Trader Julia 118
   The Fireships 122
   Models built for the series 124

Bibliography and References 125

Index 126