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Hi
I'm Steve in Cambridge UK, a screenwriter in the early stages of creating a TV drama in 8 parts that addresses penal life for women in the early 1800s. I have a production company and a well-known producer attached to the project and the series is 25% written. I am looking for help and advice from people who have some knowledge of small merchantmen used as convict transports around 1830. In particular, possible/likely ship construction, layout and architecture. The ship I have in mind is a 95' bark of ca 200 tons. She had been built as a brig and then lengthened with a mizzen mast added later on in her life. (Not unlike HMS Beagle - which was broader in beam but around the same length and tonnage)
If possible I'd also appreciate input on late Regency period naval vocabulary. This series is based on a true story and I want the details to be credible! If you can't help directly, maybe you know someone who can?
Thanks in anticipation!