Talk:Copper sheathing

Copper or lead sheathing?
"After this experiment [with copper sheathing] ... Lead sheathing was tried again ... . In 1768, a ship named the Dolphin was sheathed "in the same way". Does this mean lead sheathing was used, or does it refer to copper sheathing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.212.243.202 (talk) 17:39, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Some errors
The paragraph about Davy's experiments contains some errors due to misunderstanding of his paper (cited below). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Binot (talk • contribs) 10:03, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Change page title to Copper Sheathing in Britain?
Although this is a wonderful article, it implies rather strongly that only the British ever employed this technology, which can hardly be the case. Can anyone fill the gaps? A couple of other details: why say "Finally a suitable alloy for the hull bolts was found, that of copper and zinc." Why not say "brass"? Also, long ago I saw references in a (somewhat dubious) nautical text to a practice of sheathing using only innumerable copper tacks, to which I have as yet found no web reference. Anyone know anything about this? Finally, The British Royal Navy is not even remotely the only "Royal Navy" still on Earth, and therefore should not continually be referred to here as "the Royal Navy", however appropriate that is in a less cosmopolitan context. Or is Wikipedia in English a Commonwealth-only club? Ernest Ruger (talk) 20:26, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

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Ship Bolting
The Navy employed screw-bolts, but I don't see any reliable stuff on the Wiki for naval bolting. Have I missed something? In the Screw article, there is this mention: Prior to the mid-19th century, cotter pins or pin bolts, and "clinch bolts" (now called rivets), were used in shipbuilding. Glues also existed, although not in the profusion seen today. Here's another Clinker (boat building) --BeckenhamBear (talk) 18:39, 27 December 2017 (UTC)

Correction to copper sheathing.
Copper sheathing is for inhibiting marine boring insects, such as teredo and pin worm specifically on wooden boat hulls. Copper sheathing is an inhibitor of marine growth as well, including barnacles and muscles. Copper sheathing is for protecting wood in salt water where there is complete coverage of underwater wood surfaces. Salt water is corrosive on metal. Salt water is a preservative for wood. 2604:3D08:1A76:83F0:8905:256A:E227:EC9 (talk) 13:50, 8 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I have rewritten the lead sentence to better reflect the substance fo the article, per your comment. Thank you! HopsonRoad (talk) 15:54, 8 January 2023 (UTC)