Gunpowder

One of the things that I had to model for this project were the sacks of gunpowder. After having a few attempts and realising that sacks are actually quite hard to model, I decided to do some more in-depth research on what was actually on board HMS Victory. As it turns out, the gunpowder was not actually stored in sacks at all. It was all stored in barrels, 784 to be precise. This is also backed up by many of the photos of the cannon deck not actually showing any sacks at all, only barrels. The only provisions on-board the HMS Victory stored in sacks were oats, beans, pulses and peas. All the water, beer, wine and vinegar was also stored in barrels.
So, no gunpowder sacks.