USS Brandywine became the first sailing ship to sport such a stern. The United States began building the first elliptical stern warship in 1820, a decade before the British. But Seppings' design left the rudder head exposed, and was regarded by many as simply ugly-no American warships were designed with such sterns, and the round stern was quickly superseded by the elliptical stern. The square stern had been an easy target for enemy cannon, and could not support the weight of heavy stern chase guns.

In 1817 the British naval architect Sir Robert Seppings introduced the concept of the round or circular stern.

This frame is designed to support the various beams that make up the stern. The hull sections of a sailing ship located before the stern were composed of a series of U-shaped rib-like frames set in a sloped or 'cant' arrangement, with the last frame before the stern being called the fashion timber(s) or fashion piece(s), so called for 'fashioning' the after part of the ship. Sterns on European and American wooden sailing ships began with two principal forms: the square or transom stern and the elliptical, fantail, or merchant stern, and were developed in that order. The stern end of a ship is indicated with a white navigation light at night. Originally, the term only referred to the aft port section of the ship, but eventually came to refer to the entire back of a vessel. The stern lies opposite the bow, the foremost part of a ship. The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail. Captain Marvel) and the introduction of the Hobgoblin! And Peter Parker's social life grows complicated as well - with the Black Cat, Amy Powell and Mary Jane Watson all vying for our hero's undivided attention! Collecting PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #43-61 and #85 and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #206, #224-252 and ANNUAL #16-17 - plus material from PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #15 WEB OF SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #3 and WHAT IF? (1977) #34.The flat transom stern of the cargo ship Sichem Princess Marie-Chantal

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