I have built many a model of this ship when I was younger, I have on my to “get” list a museum grade wooden model of one around 4 foot long.
I have seen pics of the powder room, completely sheathed in copper so no sparks can ignite the magazine.
“I have seen pics of the powder room, completely sheathed in copper so no sparks can ignite the magazine.”
From recent reading about the War of 1812 and those marvelously effective fighting ships and their crews, I believe I learned that wooden hulls were largely sheathed externally in copper as a defence against barnacles.
The powder rooms, of course, would have required inboard sheathing as well. I’d like to have seen the procedures for producing huge tonnages of sheet copper at that time. Did they have roller mills?