Steve's Shipyard
Construction of Gneisenau in 2004-2007
This page has photos of the Gneisenau, under construction during 2004 through 2007. This is a scratch built ship using aircraft plywood coated with fiberglass and epoxy resin. Gneisenau is a 5-unit battlecruiser with 1 pump and 5 guns, with the ability to fire any 4 of the guns during a battle.
Here is the construction work during the winter of 2004 through the spring of 2005:
Bow Ribs
Stern Ribs
Port Ribs View
Stern Ribs View
Water Channel
Our cat, Spice, admiring the new hull
Our cat, Spice, posing by the new hull
The bow shape required use of a jig
The bridge under construction
Tallie turns Gneisenau into a dog boat
Starport Stringers
Bow Water Channel
Here's my progress in May 2005, getting ready for the Fray:
Port View
Stern Tanks
Bow Tanks
Radio Box
Starport View
The bow sidemounts
The triple stern guns
The gun mount for the stern guns
Newly sheeted hull
Gneisenau received her first refit in the spring of 2007:
New outer prop shaft support
Resheeted with new prop shaft support
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