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Detail of Allen Daffern’s replica of the HMS Leopard. Daffern said the Leopard was a 50-gun, fourth rate ship of the Royal Navy. The guns refer to the cannons, on this ship that would have been cannons firing different size balls by weight. The largest cannons, were the 18 pound guns, and occupied the lowest level of the ship. From there the canons increase by firing size to 12 pound, 9 pound, and 6 pound.  (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

Detail of Allen Daffern’s replica of the HMS Leopard. Daffern said the Leopard was a 50-gun, fourth rate ship of the Royal Navy. The guns refer to the cannons, on this ship that would have been cannons firing different size balls by weight. The largest cannons, were the 18 pound guns, and occupied the lowest level of the ship. From there the canons increase by firing size to 12 pound, 9 pound, and 6 pound.  (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

April 28, 2019

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Model shipbuilder devoted to perfect re-creations
April 28, 2019 4 a.m.

Model shipbuilder devoted to perfect re-creations

His silver Labrador dozing at his feet, Allen Daffern, 70, deftly repaired the rigging of the HMS Leopard in his workspace, preparing the second of two ships for their final voyage to the Kalispell Vet Center.