MONOGRAPHIE FREGATE LEGERE L'AURORE – 1697

PRESENTATION OF THE WORK

- Author's Foreword

- Evolution of the light frigate from the origins to after the reign

- The Aurore's career by Patrick villiers

- The Aurore analyzed in all her aspects

- Critique of the sources

- Monograph including 31 plates

- Annexes including much data concerning the Aurore

LIST OF THE PLATES

1. Schematic line plans

2. Construction of the head, profile of forward frames 1 to 20

3. Profile of the main frame and after frames 1 to 26

4. Construction of the stern

5. Timbering elevation and plan of the hold

6. Arrangements in the hold and bread room

7. First deck – framing and fittings

8. Castles – framing and planking – topgallant poop: structure and covering

9. Deck and castles with their fittings – dressed-up elevation

10. Fore-and-aft section – framing and fittings

11. Cross-section of the stern through frame VII

12. Cross-section of the stem through frame VIII

13. Decoration of the stern and quarter-galleries

14. Construction of the beakhead and decoration of the head

15. Artillery and detailed fittings

16. Mainmast

17. Foremast

18. Mizzenmast and bowsprit

19. Mainmast sails

20. Foremast sails

21. Bowsprit and mizzen sails

22. Complementary sails

23. Lower masts rigging

24. Topmasts and topgallants rigging

25. Yards rigging.

26. Mizzen and fore sails running rigging

27. Mainmast and bowsprit sails running rigging

28. Staysails running rigging

29. Studding sails running rigging

30. Returns of running rigging lines

31. The Aurore under sail