The batteau was a large, flat-bottomed skiff, sharp at both ends, over thirty

feet long and six to eight feet wide in the middle, and capable of carrying
about five tons. It was provided with masts and lug sails, with about fifteen
feet hoist, an anchor, four oars and six setting-poles shod with iron and a
crew of four men and a pilot. Many types of batteau were deployed during
the War of 1812, with the largest capable of mounting small cannon or
swivel guns. Large batteau with forty barrels of flour on board it drew only
twenty inches of water. This was a very safe and adaptable vessel.

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C C Stem Post
D D E E Stern Post
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Stem Post

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C STRINGERS
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GUNWALES
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2. Inside Gunwale
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Swivel Gun & Pedestal

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1. Half-Pounder Swivel Gun 9. Thwart - Frame 4
2. Swivel Mounting Pintle 10. Thwart - Frame 3
12 3. Gun Pedestal Brace 11. Thwart - Midship
4. Gun Pedestal - Center 12. Thwart - Frame A
5. Gun Pedestal - Fore Piece 13. Thwart - Frame B
6. Gun Pedestal - Aft Piece 14. Rowlock
13 7. Thwart - Frame 6 15. Cleat
8. Thwart - Frame 5
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5. Mast Step
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Red Frame C
Lash Mainstay 2 Lash Mainstay The United States of America White
to Gunwale Cleat to Gunwale Cleat Blue
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Oar Lashed to Stern Post

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