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Ship's Hull

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	Recording the Serçe Liman1 hull on the bottom.   (slide# GW-660.2) Photo: INA.		All of the ship's hull timbers were labeled on the sea floor. The surviving   planking can be seen in the foreground marked with white tags. (slide# GW-606) Photo: INA.
	Because of the fragile condition of the wood, it is kept in storage tanks of water until conservation can begin. (slide# GW-2933) Photo: INA.		Archaeologist Sheila Matthews painstakingly makes full-size, one-to-one drawings of each face of this timber on clear drawing film. (slide# GW-2952) Photo: INA.
	Drawing of the Serçe Liman1 hull timbers as they were uncovered on the sea floor. (slide# GW-2976) Photo: INA.		Complete plan of the ship's surviving hull timbers. Photo:INA
	Using the hull timber drawings and photographs, J. Richard Steffy was able to make this 1:10 scale site diorama of the Serçe Liman1 shipwreck as found on the sea floor.  (slide# GW-2990) Photo: INA.		Using the site diorama, wood drawings, catalogs, and complex ship reconstruction   techniques, this hypothetical model of the hull fragments was assembled, placing the timbers in their original positions. (slide# GW-3019) Photo: INA.
	Another view of the hull fragment model. (slide# GW-3045) Photo: INA.		In the reconstruction process, the use of battens can be extremely helpful in determining the possible arrangement of the original hull planking. (slide# GW-3077) Photo: INA.
	Planking plan of the surviving port side of the ship. (slide# GW-2974) Photo: INA.		Reconstructed lines of the Serçe Liman1 ship. Using models and a reconstructed planking plan, the hull lines of the ship can be generated.   Photo: INA.
	Reconstruction drawing of one of the ship's frame timbers. (slide# GW-2969) Photo: INA.		A 1:10 scale model of the original ship in mid-construction showing the ship's mid-section framing.  Photo: INA.
	Fred Hocker is shown here at work on a full-size replica of the ship's starboard side mid-section. (slide# GW-3227) Photo: INA.		After conservation, the hull fragments were reassembled in the Bodrum Museum. None of the pieces were fastened permanently at first to allow for adjustments as the reconstruction progressed.  (slide# GW-3110) Photo: INA.
	The restored hull of the Serçe Liman1 shipwreck in the Bodrum Museum.  Iron rods give the hull shape where wood was not preserved. (slide# GW-3344) Photo: INA.		Another view of the restored hull of the ship. Part of the hull has been fully replicated with modern wood, and cargo and ballast put back in their original positions. (slide# GW-3352) Photo: INA.
	Hypothetical drawing of the Serçe Liman1 ship during construction. A similar, fully rigged ship can be seen in the background. (slide# GW-2978) Photo: INA.