breadth amidships造句

• "Considering that even in 1863 the timbers existed only to a height of four feet, one can wonder how Dolliver and Sleeper could have been sure that she had a sheer-the fore-and-aft curve of the deck  of " two and one-half feet, with a lively rise at both ends . " Their knowledge of ancient rigging was such that they stated, " The rig common to a vessel of her size at the time she was built consisted of a single mast with a lateen yard and a triangular sail . " There is no evidence that English vessels of the early seventeenth century ever carried such a single-masted rig . " The English ship of the period whose known dimensions are nearest to those of the " Sparrow-Hawk " is one built at Rye, East Sussex, England, in 1609 . Her keel was 33'long, breadth amidships was 16.5'and depth was 11 '.