OUTBOARD and INBOARD PLANKING expansion - contemporary drawings of real ships

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During the research for our Naval History Topic, I found interesting contemporary drawings showing the outboard and inboard planking expansion
of the 44-gun two-decker frigate HMS Woolwich (1785), an Adventure-class - which shows in detail the planking of the real ship at this time.

Maybe we could use this topic, in order to collect such original contemporary drawings of different vessels - so if you find something interesting -> post it here !!!
Helping and to complete the information it would be good, also to post the sheer lines and bodyplans as well the framing profile if these drawings are available


The Adventure-class ship was a class of eight 44-gun sailing two-decker warships of the Royal Navy, classed as a fifth rate like a frigate, but carrying two complete decks of guns, a lower battery of 18-pounders and an upper battery of 12-pounders. This enabled the vessel to deliver a broadside of 318 pounds.

The class was designed in 1782 by Edward Hunt, Surveyor of the Navy, as a successor to the Roebuck class design of Sir Thomas Slade. The design saw a slight increase in breadth over the Roebuck class, but was otherwise very similar.

Like the Roebuck class, the Adventure class were not counted by the Admiralty as frigates; although sea officers sometimes casually described them and other small two-deckers as frigates, the Admiralty officially never referred to them as such. By 1750, the Admiralty strictly defined frigates as ships of 28 guns or more, carrying all their main battery (24, 26 or even 28 guns) on the upper deck, with no guns or openings on the lower deck (which could thus be at sea level or even lower). A frigate might carry a few smaller guns – 3-pounders or 6-pounders, later 9-pounders – on their quarterdeck and (perhaps) on the forecastle. The Adventure-class ships were two-deckers with complete batteries on both decks, and hence not frigates.

Eight ships were ordered during 1782 and completed to this design, although none were ready to take part in the American War of Independence. Most were not brought into service until the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War, and survived to serve the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War.


The drawings:

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...el-364643;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=W

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion of the hull and upperworks for Woolwich, a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three unidentified draughtsman. The signatures do not match the names of the Master Shipwright at Deptford or Woolwich, or their Assistants. The plan is dated to sometime around 1805, as the paper is watermarked with 1805. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 292, states that the 'Woolwich' was at Deptford Dockyard between February and May 1805 having her copper replaced, and then at Woolwich Dockyard in July 1805 to be fitted as a Store ship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81960.html#Rwz9clsAWziPVJ9h.99
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard planking expansion of the hull and upperworks for Woolwich, a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three unidentified draughtsman. The signatures do not match the names of the Master Shipwright at Deptford or Woolwich, or their Assistants. The plan is dated to sometime around 1805, as the paper is watermarked with 1805. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 292, states that the 'Woolwich' was at Deptford Dockyard between February and May 1805 having her copper replaced, and then at Woolwich Dockyard in July 1805 to be fitted as a Store ship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81961.html#4iuWzbbI8vihdAsT.99
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81959.html#vv02rssY8wEkJhKY.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with alterations to the head, longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers. Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784]
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81958.html#58fFTLVt4iOel1tL.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787), Severn (1786), Adventure (1784), Gorgon (1785), Chichester (1785), Dover (1786), and Expedition (1784), all 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-deckers. The plan includes later details for the alterations to a troopship.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81962.html#GAXLkpdKwTXbQMsB.99
 
The drawings of the HMS Elk, a 482-ton displacement, 16-gun Acorn-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy launched on 29 September 1847 from the Chatham Dockyard.

She was sent to the East Indies Station and China Station and participated during the Second Opium War until being assigned to the Australia Station in 1859. She searched for HMS Sappho with HMVS Victoria after Sappho disappeared in Bass Strait in February 1858. In 1860 she participated during the First Taranaki War. She left the Australia Station in March 1860 and upon arriving in England was paid off.

She was transferred to Her Majesty's Coastguard in 1863 and was renamed WV.13 and she was later renamed WV.28. She was sold in May 1893

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Elk_(1847)

Other ships of the class were
HMS Albatross (1842),
HMS Bittern (1840),
and HMS Heron (1847)

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and framing detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 16 gun First Class Brigs, specifically Albatross (1842), Bittern (1840), Elk (1847) and Heron (1847), all 16-gun Brigs.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/84157.html#efKIrFDX8FyyXuhY.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile of the inside planking for Elk (1847), a 16 gun Brig, illustrating the position of the Syrian Oak and African Oak timbers. Signed by Francis J. Laire [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1844-1858].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/84159.html#D2Xgttgl0lT8kc4V.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile of the outboard planking for the Elk (1847), a 16 gun Brig, illustrating the position of the different species of timber used. Signed by Francis J. Laire [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1844-1858]
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/84158.html#egAAJFWELFJibz6b.99

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...el-309732;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=E
 
HMS Queen Charlotte was a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 July 1810 at Deptford. She replaced the first Queen Charlotte sunk in 1800.

Umpire class (Hunt)
  • Royal George 100 (1788) – broken up 1822
  • Queen Charlotte 100 (1790) – an accidental fire in 1800 destroyed her and killed 673 of her crew of 859
  • Queen Charlotte 104 (1810) – renamed Excellent 1860, broken up 1892

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some quarter detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. Note that part of the head of the longitudinal half-breadth is missing. The plan also includes a later alteration to give her a round bow. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/87505.html#WJbfmQM6SpmMLOBZ.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders on Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/79809.html#8w1bepJoLURTQfMe.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Charlotte was the only 100-gun First Rate being built at Deptford Dockyard during this period.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/79817.html#kmodDtuvKzt5ZR7U.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an inboard profile illustrating the planking for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Charlotte was the only 100-gun First Rate being built at Deptford Dockyard during this period.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/79818.html#IToRRF1oUgwmzsxq.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the chocks, iron knees and fastening for attaching the deck beams to the sides on Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/79815.html#eIwM0VXRddjprztK.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile illustrating the outboard planking from the waterline to the quarterdeck for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Charlotte was the only 100-gun First Rate being built at Deptford Dockyard during this period.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/79816.html#37PbRM7txkps835K.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the internal planking expansion for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Charlotte was the only 100-gun First Rate being built at Deptford Dockyard during this period.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/79819.html#4pptr1joeGLDZ5DW.99

Interesting also this model of the stern of the vessel

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Scale: 1:16. A model of the stern of HMS Queen Charlotte (1810) made in wood and painted in realistic colours. The model depicts the stern above the waterline and is made in two parts, port and starboard, joined together along the front edge by a metal bracket. The interior walls and front edge are painted yellow ochre, and the exterior is painted black with white bands along the three gun decks and yellow ochre details and decoration. The stern has four galleries, three of them with open balustrades, made in metal and painted black. The windows have been realistically painted with glazing and glazing bars. The gun ports are all shown, three of which are on either side of the poop deck. Number "10" on stern.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/68226.html#8iwgx5lSwbqIkuAI.99


http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...el-341407;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=Q
 
The Leda-class frigates, were a successful class of forty-seven British Royal Navy 38-gun sailing frigates constructed from 1805-1832. Based on a French design, the class came in five major groups, all with minor differences in their design. During their careers, they fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Forty-five of the 47 were eventually scrapped; two still exist.

modified Leda class 46-gun fifth rates 1820-30
  • HMS Venus 1820 - hulked and lent to the Marine Society in 1848, broken up 1865.
  • HMS Melampus 1820 - transferred to the Coastguard at Southampton in 1857, returned to the Navy at Portsmouth in 1866, used as an ordnance store for the War Office until 1891, sold 1906.
  • HMS Minerva 1820 - broken up 1895.
  • HMS Latona 1821 - hulked as mooring vessel at Sheerness in 1868, powder depot at Portsmouth in 1872, broken up 1875.
  • HMS Nereus 1821 - hulked as coal depot at Valparaiso in 1843, sold 1879.
  • HMS Diana 1822 - hulked as receiving ship at Sheerness in 1868, broken up 1874.
  • HMS Hebe 1826 - hulked as receiving ship at Woolwich in 1839, transferred to Sheerness for breaking in 1872.
  • HMS Hamadryad 1823 - hulked as hospital ship at Cardiff in 1866, sold 1905.
  • HMS Amazon 1821 - cut down to a 26-gun corvette in 1845, sold 1863.
  • HMS Aeolus (or Eolus) 1825 - hulked as stores depot at Sheerness in 1846, transferred to Portsmouth as accommodation ship in 1855, transformed into a lazaretto in 1761, broken up in 1886.
  • HMS Thisbe 1824 - hulked as floating church at Cardiff 1863, sold 1892.
  • HMS Cerberus 1827 - broken up 1866.
  • HMS Circe 1827 - hulked as accommodation ship 1866, swimming bath 1885, renamed Impregnable IV, sold for breaking in 1922.
  • HMS Clyde 1827 - hulked as RNR training ship at Aberdeen in 1870, sold 1904.
  • HMS Thames 1823 - hulked as convict ship at Deptford in 1841, transferred to Bermuda in 1844, sunk in 1863, wreck subsequently sold for breaking.
  • HMS Fox 1829 - converted to screw propulsion in 1856, broken up 1882.
  • HMS Unicorn 1824 - never fitted for sea, hulked as training ship for the RNR at Dundee in 1860 and still afloat there as museum ship.
  • HMS Daedalus 1826 - cut down to a corvette in 1844, hulked as training ship for the RNR at Bristol in 1861, sold for breaking in 1911.
  • HMS Proserpine 1830 - sold 1864.
  • HMS Mermaid 1825 - hulked as Army powder ship at Purfleet in 1858, returned to the Navy and used as a powder depot at Dublin in 1863, bruken up 1875.
  • HMS Mercury 1826 - hulked as coal depot at Woolwich in 1862, transferred to Sheerness in 1873, sold 1906.
  • HMS Penelope 1829 - converted to paddle frigate in 1843, sold 1864.
  • HMS Thalia 1830 - hulked as Roman Catholic chapel ship at Portsmouth in 1855, broken up 1867.

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Latona (1821) and Diana (1822), both 46-gun Fifth Rate, Frigates building at Chatham Dockyard. The stern has been altered to incorporate Seppings' circular stern. Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion to the waterline for Latona (1821), Diana (1822), Hebe (1826), Nereus (1821), Hamadryad (1823), Amazon (1821), Aeolus (1825) [alternative spelling: Eolus], Thisbe (1824), Cerberus (1827), Circe (1827), Clyde (1828), Thames (1823), Fox (1829), Unicorn (1824), Daedalus (1826), Proserpine (1830), Mermaid (1825), Mercury (1826), Penelope (1829), Thalia (1830), and Pegasus cancelled 1831), all 46-gun Fifth Rate Frigates. The plan illustrates alterations specifically for Latona, Diana and Fox. The plan includes a detailed explanation of the planking arrangements and alterations. Signed by Augustin A B Creuze [Naval Architect, School of Naval Architecture].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81947.html#yqzhdFlO3MebEG7d.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) illustrating the use of small timbers, proposed (and approved) for Venus (1820), Diana (1822), Latona (1821), Melampus (1820), Hebe (1826), and Minerva (1820), all 38-gun Fifth Rate Frigates. Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for all 46-gun Frigates ordered to be built at Chatham Dockyard. This referred to the ships of the modified 'Leda' class at Chatham, and included Penelope (1829), Latona (1821), Diana (1822), Thames (1823), Unicorn (1824), Mermaid (1826), and Mercury (1826), a 46-gun Fifth Rate Frigates. The plan includes details of the scantlings for the frames. Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822], Joseph Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1831], and Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81784.html#CXVYVhbqTCdrhCw3.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) proposed (and used) for Venus (1820), Melampus (1820), Amazon (1821), Minerva (1820), Latona (1821), Nereus (1821), Hamadryad (1823), Aeolus (1828) [alternative spelling: Eolus], Thisbe (1824), Hebe (1826), Cerberus (1827), Circe (1827), Clyde (1828), Fox (1829), Proserpine (1830), Mercury (1826), Penelope (1829), Thalia (1830), Daedalus (1826), Diana (1822), Mermaid (1825), Thames (1823), and Unicorn (1824), all 46-gun Fifth Rate Frigates ordered or building by 1817 with the Seppings 'circular stern'. The plan illustrates alternative ways of constructing the frames where conditions allowed.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81761.html#ezj7iowohjD2ZIvj.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the section at Station 25 illustrating the scarph joints of the framing for Leda (1800), and copies later used for Venus (1820), Diana (1822), Latona (1821), Melampus (1820), Hebe (1826), and Minerva (1820), all 38-gun Fifth Rate, Frigates. Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81800.html#tyAXGHlE9mxtbuEx.99

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Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, and elevation illustrating the riders for Arethusa (1817), Thetis (1817), Hebe (1826), Minerva (1820), Venus (1820), Latona (1821), Diana (1822), and Blanche (1819), all 38-gun (later 46-gun) Fifth Rate, Frigates. The plan was sent to the Royal Yards, including Sheerness and Plymouth, at a time when these latter yards were not building this class.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81777.html#8BbR0xqk6F84xvZF.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Thetis (1817), and with later alterations to the diagonal riders for Arethusa (1817), Thetis (1817), Hebe (1826), Minerva (1820), Venus (1820), Latona (1821), Diana (1822), and Blanche (1819), all 38-gun (later 46-gun) Fifth Rate Frigates. Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822] and Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81772.html#RlAL6Yu2rYFjUks2.99

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...el-325064;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=L
 
Fourth rates of 50 guns (two-deckers)
Antelope class (Henslow)

HMS Antelope (1802) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1802. She was used as a troopship from 1818, was placed on harbour service from 1824 and was broken up in 1845.

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Antelope (1802), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81526.html#t4VYJ0zPD2fOAXoz.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Antelope (1802), and with alterations in 1792 for Grampus (1802) and Diomede (1798), all 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-deckers. The plan also records alterations to Grampus and Antelope from 1796, and again for the former in 1798, as well as the position of the quarterdeck gunport for Diomede when she sailed from Deptford in 1798.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81528.html#2dBQTCkHpHemKITw.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard planking expansion for the hull and sides of Antelope (1802), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three currently unidentified personnel. None of the initials match those of the Master Shipwrights for Sheerness and Portsmouth for this proposed period. They may relate to the Assistant Master Shipwrights, but this requires further research. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 243, states that 'Antelope' was at Sheerness Dockyard between February 1806 and May 1806 to have defects rectified. She was then at Portsmouth Dockyard between February and April 1809 being refitted, and again between February and April 1813. Antelope returned to Portsmouth May to June 1814, and again November 1814 to December 1815 having been fitted for sea and a flag officer.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81533.html#HT39wHpjgvyKji0U.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion of the hull and sides for Antelope (1802), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. Initialled by three currently unidentified personnel. None of the initials match those of the Master Shipwrights for Sheerness and Portsmouth for this proposed period. They may relate to the Assistant Master Shipwrights, but this requires further research. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 243, states that 'Antelope' was at Sheerness Dockyard between February 1806 and May 1806 to have defects rectified. She was then at Portsmouth Dockyard between February and April 1809 being refitted, and again between February and April 1813. Antelope returned to Portsmouth May to June 1814, and again November 1814 to December 1815 having been fitted for sea and a flag officer.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81534.html#vMCp5syx1749uTsz.99

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collec...el-291885;browseBy=vessel;vesselFacetLetter=A
 
also maybe of interest this small model

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Scale: Unknown. A model of a section of a hull of a wooden vessel made entirely in wood with lead fittings and stained, varnished and painted in realistic finishes. The hull section shows eight full frames, inboard planking, a section of bulwark, deck beams for two decks, two deck beam support posts and two knees. Two gun ports are indicated inboard by black painted squares. The upper deck beams are braced using lead straps.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/68173.html#i4dSz8AwVi6VTClI.99
 
Unnamed proposed 215ft 160-gun, First Rate, three-decker


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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sternboard decoration detail, sheer lines with decoration detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed proposed 215ft 160-gun First Rate, three-decker. Included on the plan are inboard details and the external planking arrangement above the waterline. The plan illustrates a vessel with the conventional mid-eighteenth century open stern galleries, but with a built-up round bow.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/79836.html#C8g83xB4tcSeiyyI.99
 
The Vengeur-class ships of the line were a class of forty 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy as a joint effort between the Surveyors of the Navy at the time. The Vengeur Class, sometimes referred to as the Surveyors' class of third rates, amongst other names, was the most numerous class of ships of the line ever built for the Royal Navy - forty ships being completed to this design. Due to some dubious practices, primarily in the commercial dockyards used for construction, this class of ships earned itself the nickname of 'Forty Thieves.'

Between 1826 and 1832, ten of these ships were cut down by one deck (raséed) to produce 50-gun "frigates". These were the Barham, Dublin, Alfred, Cornwall, America, Conquestador, Rodney (renamed Greenwich), Vindictive, Eagle and Gloucester. Planned similar conversions of the Clarence (renamed Centurion) and Cressy around this time were cancelled, but the Warspite was additionally converted along the same lines in 1837-1840.

Around 1845 four of these ships were converted into 'blockships', the then-current term for floating batteries, equipped with a steam/screw propulsion system and re-armed with 60 guns. In this guise some of them saw action during the Crimean War. The four were the Blenheim, Ajax, Hogue and Edinburgh. About ten years later, a further batch of five ships was similarly converted - this included the Russell, Cornwallis and Pembroke of this class (as well as the Hawke and Hastings of other designs).


HMS Agincourt (1813), and for unspecified 74-gun Ships.

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Scale: 1:48. Contemporary copy of a plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Conquestadore' (1810), 'Armada' (1810), 'Vigo' (1810), 'Cressey' (1810), 'La Hogue' (1811), 'Vindictive' (1813), 'Poictiers' (1809), 'Vengeur' (1810), 'Edinburgh' (1811), 'Dublin' (1812), 'Duncan' (1811), 'Indus' (1812), 'Rodney' (1809), 'Cornwall' (1812), 'Redoutable' (1815), 'Anson' (1812), 'Agincourt' (1817), 'Ajax' (1809), 'America' (1810), 'Barham' (1811), 'Benbow' (1813), 'Berwick' (1809), 'Blenheim' (1813), 'Clarence' (1812), 'Defence' (1815), 'Devonshire' (1812), 'Egmont' (1810), 'Hercules' (1815), 'Medway' (1812), 'Pembroke' (1812), 'Pitt' (1816), 'Russell' (1822), 'Scarborough' (1812), 'Stirling Castle' (1811), 'Wellington' (1816), 'Mulgrave' (1812), 'Gloucester' (1812), all 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. The plan includes alterations for a rounded bow and circular stern.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81096.html#gwPfGvSFfZUTiBTF.99


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Scale: 1:24. Plan showing a section, part inboard elevation and part deck plan illustrating the method of fixing the beams, riders and trusses, as well as the diagonal carlines and deck planking for 74-gun ships, and specifically Agincourt (1813), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Copies were sent to the Royal Dockyards in 1817.
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/80534.html#MjzJ5qkRRM04LdEX.99

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Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section with details, illustrating the manner of fixing the beams to the sides with iron knees, for Agincourt (1817), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Plymouth Dockyard. Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1813-1832].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/80529.html#tqF1HAJlfWR4TJg3.99

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Scale 1:48 and 1:24. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Pitt' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, conforming to Mr. Seppings proposition, and later with alterations. The same plan was then sent to Plymouth Dockyard for building 'Agincourt' (1817).
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/80960.html#SzcwVwvlMrkI5mdI.99


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Uwe,
Thanks for this and of course your previous posts. You are making me ,and I'm sure many others in this "community" aware of what's out there...Many thanks for your efforts.
Danielw
 
Uwe,
Thanks for this and of course your previous posts. You are making me ,and I'm sure many others in this "community" aware of what's out there...Many thanks for your efforts.
Danielw

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East Indiaman Glatton (fl.1762)

From: Lords of the East (Jean Sutton): Glatton, 499 tons, 4 voyages between 1762-70.
The following letter link shows the voyage she took from 8 March 1763: http://www.jstor.org/stable/105567 [accessed 22 March 2013]. It was written by John Horsey to Reverend Neville Maskelyne.
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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, profile with both inboard and outboard details, longitudinal half breadth for the Glatton (fl.1762), a 110ft, 679 ton, three-masted East India Company ship under the command of Captain Doveton. The plan is annotated with dimensions, planking details and constructional details. Between 1763-4, John Horsley was fourth mate on 'Glatton' and took observations and calculations for Reverend Neville Maskelyne during a voyage to Benkulen and China. The ship was commanded by Captain Richard Doveton. [See RGO 147/67: 3-39a].
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The Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged with three masts whereas a brig-sloop was rigged as a brig with only a fore mast and a main mast.

The Cruizer class was the most numerous class of warships built by the British during the Napoleonic wars, with 110 vessels built to this design, and the second most numerous class of sailing warship built to a single design for any navy at any time, after the smaller 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloops.

Of the vessels in the class, eight (8%) were lost to the enemy, either destroyed or taken. Another was taken, but retaken. Fourteen (13%) were wrecked while in British service. Lastly, four (4%) foundered while in British service. In all cases of foundering and in many cases of wrecking all the crew was lost. Many of the vessels in the class were sold, some into mercantile service. One at least was wrecked. The fate of the others is generally unknown.



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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cruiser (1797), and later for Ferret (1806), Scorpion (1803), Swallow (1805), Musquito (1804), Scout (1804) and Despatch (1804), all 18 gun Brig Sloops. The plan also shows the mast alterations (to ship-rigged) for Snake (1797) and Victor (1798), both 18 gun Ship Sloops.

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Ferret (1806), Swallow (1805), Musquito (1804), Scorpion (1803), Scout (1804), Dispatch (1804), Minorca (1805), Racehorse (1806), Rover (1808), Avon (1805), Surinam (1805), Amaranthe (1804), Calyspo (1805), Wolverine (1805), Weazle (1805), Espoir (1804), Moselle (1804), Leveret (1806), Bellette (1806), Mutine (1806), Emulous (1806), Alacrity (1806), Philomel (1806), Frolick (1806), Recruit (1806), Royalist (1807), Grasshopper (1806), Columbine (1806), Pandora (1806), Forester (1806), Foxhound (1806), Primrose (1807), Cephalus (1807), Procris (1806), Raleigh (1806), Carnation (1807), Redwing (1806), Ringdove (1806), Philomel (1806), Sappho (1806), Peacock (1806), Clio (1807), Pilot (1807), Magnet (1807), Derwent (1807), Eclypse (1807), Sparrowhawke (1807), Eclaire (1807), Nautilus (1807), Barracouta (1807), Zenobia (1807), Peruvian (1808), Pelorus (1808), Doterel/Dotterel (1808), Charybidis (1809), Hecate (1809), Rifleman (1809), Sophie (1809), Echo (1809), Arachne (1809), Castillian (1809), Persian (1809), Trinculo (1809), Crane (1809), Thracian (1809), Scylla (1809), and those built of fir, including Raven (1804), Saracen (1804), Beagle (1804), Harrier (1804), Elk (1804), and Reindeer (1804), all 18-gun Brig Sloops built in private yards. The plan includes alterations for when the ships were repaired dated September 1817.
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for the Cruizer class (1797). As the plan has the watermark of 1806, it is likely to refer to those launched in that year and after. This includes Ferret (1806), Racehorse (1806), Rover (1808), Leveret (1806), Bellette (1806), Mutine (1806), Emulous (1806), Alacrity (1806), Philomel (1806), Frolick (1806), Recruit (1806), Royalist (1807), Grasshopper (1806), Columbine (1806), Pandora (1806), Forester (1806), Foxhound (1806), Primrose (1807), Cephalus (1807), Procris (1806), Raleigh (1806), Carnation (1807), Redwing (1806), Ringdove (1806), Philomel (1806), Sappho (1806), Peacock (1806), Clio (1807), Pilot (1807), Magnet (1807), Derwent (1807), Eclypse (1807), Sparrowhawke (1807), Eclaire (1807), Nautilus (1807), Barracouta (1807), Zenobia (1807), Peruvian (1808), Pelorus (1808), Doterel/Dotterel (1808), Charybidis (1809), Hecate (1809), Rifleman (1809), Sophie (1809), Echo (1809), Arachne (1809), Castillian (1809), Persian (1809), Trinculo (1809), Crane (1809), Thracian (1809), Scylla (1809), all 18-gun Brig Sloops built in private yards. The plan may relate to the later ships of the class built up to 1815.

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard planking expansion for the Cruizer class (1797). As the plan has the watermark of 1806, it is likely to refer to those launched in that year and after. This includes Ferret (1806), Racehorse (1806), Rover (1808), Leveret (1806), Bellette (1806), Mutine (1806), Emulous (1806), Alacrity (1806), Philomel (1806), Frolick (1806), Recruit (1806), Royalist (1807), Grasshopper (1806), Columbine (1806), Pandora (1806), Forester (1806), Foxhound (1806), Primrose (1807), Cephalus (1807), Procris (1806), Raleigh (1806), Carnation (1807), Redwing (1806), Ringdove (1806), Philomel (1806), Sappho (1806), Peacock (1806), Clio (1807), Pilot (1807), Magnet (1807), Derwent (1807), Eclypse (1807), Sparrowhawke (1807), Eclaire (1807), Nautilus (1807), Barracouta (1807), Zenobia (1807), Peruvian (1808), Pelorus (1808), Doterel/Dotterel (1808), Charybidis (1809), Hecate (1809), Rifleman (1809), Sophie (1809), Echo (1809), Arachne (1809), Castillian (1809), Persian (1809), Trinculo (1809), Crane (1809), Thracian (1809), Scylla (1809), all 18-gun Brig Sloops built in private yards. The plan may relate to the later ships of the class built up to 1815.
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The Swan class were built as a 14-gun class of ship sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra 2 guns were added soon after completion.

Design
The class was designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, John Williams, and two vessels to this design (Swan and Kingfisher) were ordered in January 1766. Twenty-three more were ordered to the same design between 1773 and 1779; they formed the 'standard' ship sloop design of the British Navy during the American Revolutionary War, during which eleven of them were lost. Surviving vessels went on to serve during the French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War.

The design provided for 16 gunports (8 per side, excluding the bridle-ports) but one pair was initially left unoccupied, and the ships were always rated at 14 guns. However an eighth pair of guns was added from 1780 onwards to utilise the vacant ports, without any change in the nominal rating.

The Swan class sloops were unusually attractive for the type of vessel. Not only did they have sleek hull lines but they also carried an unusual amount of decoration for their size. They were built just before the Admiralty issued orders that all vessels (especially lesser rates and unrated vessels) should have minimal decoration and carvings to save on costs, due to the seemingly ever-continuing war with France and other nations.

Construction
Following the initial 1766 order for two ships, a second pair was ordered in 1773 (Cygnet and Atalanta) and a further five in 1775 (Pegasus in April, Fly in August, and Swift, Dispatch and Fortune in October); all these were built in the Royal Dockyards. Another five were contracted in November 1775 to be built by commercial shipbuilders (Hound, Hornet, Vulture, Spy and Cormorant), and a further pair during 1776 (Zebra and Cameleon). Another two were ordered from the Royal Dockyards in January 1777 (Fairy and Nymph) and a final seven from commercial constructors over the following 30 months (Savage, Fury, Delight and Thorn during 1777, Bonetta and Shark during 1778, and Alligatorin 1779).


HMS Hornet (1776), a 14-gun sloop launched in 1776 and sold in 1791.


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Lines (ZAZ4673)

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Frame (ZAZ4691)

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing external planking (in black ink) and internal planking (in red ink) layout for Hornet (1776), a 14-gun Sloop, as taken off while building. Hornet was launched in March 1776 at Deptford by Messrs Adam & Barnard.
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The Cormorant class were built as a class of 16-gun ship sloops for the Royal Navy, although they were re-rated as 18-gun ships soon after completion

Design
The two Surveyors of the Navy – Sir William Rule and Sir John Henslow – jointly designed the class. A notation on the back of the plans held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, states that the designers based their plan on the lines of the captured French sloop Amazon, captured in 1745.

The Admiralty ordered six vessels to this design in February 1793; it ordered a seventh vessel in the following year. These ships were initially armed with sixteen 6-pounder guns, later supplemented with eight 12-pounder carronades (6 on the quarter deck and 2 on the forecastle). The 6-pounder guns were eventually replaced by 24-pounder carronades.

Twenty-four more were ordered to the same design in 1805 – 1806, although in this new batch 32-pounder carronades were fitted instead of the 6-pounder guns originally mounted in the earlier batch; the 12-pounder carronades were replaced by 18-pounders, and some ships also received two 6-pounders as chase guns on the forecastle.

Of this second batch one ship (Serpent) was cancelled and another (Ranger) completed to a slightly lengthened variant of the design.

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Lines (ZAZ4625)

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Cormorant (1794), Favourite (1794), Hornet (1794), Hazard (1794), Lark (1794), Lynx (1794) and in 1795 for Stork (1796), all 16-gun Ship Sloops with quarterdecks and forecastles. The body plan was similar to the captured French Sixth Rate Corvette Amazon (captured 1745).
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile for Cormorant (1794), Favourite (1794) and Hornet (1794), 16-gun Ship Sloop (with quarterdeck and forecastle), illustrating the external planking layout.
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HMS Ocean was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Woolwich Dockyard on 24 October 1805. She was the only ship built to her draught, and designed by Sir John Henslow.

She was converted to serve as a depot ship in 1841, and was eventually broken up in 1875. Her figurehead is preserved at Queenborough, Kent.

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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Ocean' (1805), a 98-gun Second Rate, three-decker, as originally designed. Her design was later lengthened in 1797.
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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the bow inboard side elevation, stern quarter inboard elevation, a section through the bow at Station 24, and a section through the stern at Station Q for 'Temeraire' (1798), and later for 'Neptune' (1797), and 'Dreadnought' (1801), all 98-gun Second Rate, three-deckers. The plan also related to 'Ocean' (1805), prior to being lengthened 11 feet in 1797 to accommodate larger calibre cannon. A version of this plan with alterations in green ink was dispatched to the various royal yards in March 1792. The plan illustrates the proposed (and approved with alterations) manner of erecting a roof over the fore and aft part of the ship to protect it from the weather during construction.
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No scale. Plan showing a part elevation and section of the framing for all three-decker warships, specifically mentioning Hibernia (1804), and Ocean (1805), both 110-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan illustrates the ventilation opening between the frames for drawing off 'foul air' from below.
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Scale: 1:96. Plan showing a profile illustrating the main and middle wales (Anchor Stock method of planking) as fitted for the Ocean (1805), a 110-gun, First Rate, three-decker; and a profile illustrating the main wale layout (Top & Butt method of planking) as proposed by Mr. Jagae. This plan seems to then have been used to act as the template for other three-deckers.
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HMS Squirrel was a Royal Navy 24-gun sixth rate, built in 1785 and broken up in 1817.

On 3 March 1806, Squirrel and Mediator left Cork, escorting a convoy for the West Indies. The convoy was reported "all well" on 25 March at 27°30′N 20°30′W. Squirrel was going to escort 12 merchantmen on to Demerara, Berbice, and Surinam.
Squirrel, Lynx, and Driver captured three ships on 6 September: Snelle, Jager, and Engesende. Jalouse shared by agreement with Lynx and Driver in the proceeds.


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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, the longitudinal half breadth as proposed (and approved) for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate at Liverpool by Mr John Barton. Signed Edward Hunt (Surveyor of the Navy). Annotation in the top right: "A Copy of this Draught was sent to Mr Barton of Liverpool 2oth January 1783 for building Squirrel."
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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton. Annotation in top right: "A Copy was sent to Mr Barton of Liverpool 2oth January 1783 for building the Squirrel."
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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the external planking profile, starboard external planking profile and stern board expansion plan for the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate building ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton, was taken off prior to being broken up in 1812. Signed John Ancell. (Assistant to Master Shipwright, Plymouth)
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Passenger/cargo vessel (circa 1800); Service vessel; Hoy; Trinity House (SLR0249)
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Scale: 1:32. This model has been built plank on frame to illustrate the extreme curvature and clinker planking of the hull. It represents a hoy of 61 feet in length by 23 feet in the beam with an approximate tonnage of 104. It was built for Trinity House and shows the large hatch amidships as well as the windless in the bow, used for lifting heavy weights. The hoys were frequently hired, and sometimes privately owned as pleasure craft.asure craft.
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The Alfred-class ships of the line were a class of four 74-gun third rates for the Royal Navy by Sir John Williams. They were an enlarged version of the Royal Oak class

Alfred class (Williams)
  • Alfred 74 (1778) – broken up 1814
  • Alexander 74 (1778) – broken up 1819
  • Warrior 74 (1781) – broken up 1857
  • Montague 74 (1779) – broken up 1818
HMS Montague was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1779 at Chatham Dockyard.
Montague took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780 and the Glorious First of June in 1794.
On 30 October 1794 Montague and Ganges captured the French corvette Jacobine. Jacobine was armed with twenty-four 12-pounder guns, and had a crew of 220 men; she was nine days out of Brest and taken nothing.[3] The Royal Navy took Jacobin into service as HMS Matilda.
She was driven ashore and damaged at Saint Lucia in the Great Hurricane of 1780 but recovered.

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Chatham Dockyard.
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard framing profile (disposition) for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs to the frames replacing the rotten wood, and other timbers damaged by being loose and shot. The plan also records which timbers were checked and placed back, and those which were original or taken from another vessel. Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1803-1823].
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the port profile for the lower clamp for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repair and replacement of rotten planks. Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1803-1823].
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile for the lower clamp for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repair and replacement of rotten planks. Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1803-1823].
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the port framing profile (disposition) for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs to the frames replacing the rotten wood, and other timbers damaged by being loose and shot. The plan also records which timbers were checked and placed back, and those which were original or taken from another vessel. Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1803-1823].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/80850.html#0vvii3JuCgkZ4ycF.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the port profile of the lower deck wale with diminishing planking layers below, for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs and replacement of rotten wood. Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1803-1823].
Read more at http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/80851.html#dMUMFBZVk8iKXFG3.99

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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile of the lower deck wale with diminishing planking layers below, for 'Montague' (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, illustrating the repairs and replacement of rotten wood. Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1803-1823].
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HMS Impregnable was a 98-gun second rate three-decker ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Chatham. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught. Purportedly as originally built she was a near copy of the famed first rate HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar

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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breath proposed for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) proposed (and approved) for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. The plan includes alterations from September 1805, and an additional fly dated 15 July 1805 concerning the scarfing of frames. The fly specifically records the starboard quarter area just forward of the galleries between the quarterdeck and lower deck gunports.
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Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the method of fitting the beams to the sides of 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. Sighed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
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Scale 1:8. Plan showing sections through Station 25 and Station U, illustrating the increase in the wale and planking thickness for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate three-decker. The plan is undated, but may relate to the alterations in 1825 when the ship underwent middling repairs at Plymouth Dockyard between February 1825 and April 1826. According to the Progress Book entry for 'Impregnable', this included the increase in the ship's breadth by adding chocks to the timbers and replanking in place of the usual method of doubling the planking. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 22, states that 'Impregnable' was docked at Plymouth on 30 December 1822, and her copper removed. She was relaunched on 22 April 1826 having undergone a small to middling repair. An annotation dated 13 January 1825 states 'directions given to increase the breadth of this ship by bringing clocks on the timbers and placing the regular thickstuff planks over them instead of the usual method of giving more stability by doubling, this plan proposed by Rob't Seppings'.
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Scale 1:8. Plan showing part of a section through the midship area of the gun deck (lower deck) illustrating the increase in the wale and planking thickness for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate three-decker. The plan is undated, but may relate to the alterations in 1825 when the ship underwent middling repairs at Plymouth Dockyard between February 1825 and April 1826. According to the Progress Book entry for 'Impregnable', this included the increase in the ship's breadth by adding chocks to the timbers and replanking in place of the usual method of doubling the planking. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 22, states that 'Impregnable' was docked at Plymouth on 30 December 1822, and her copper removed. She was relaunched on 22 April 1826 having undergone a small to middling repair. An annotation dated 13 January 1825 states 'directions given to increase the breadth of this ship by bringing clocks on the timbers and placing the regular thickstuff planks over them instead of the usual method of giving more stability by doubling, this plan proposed by Rob't Seppings'.
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Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board decoration, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breath proposed (and approved) for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. The plan also records an alteration to the rudder shape as per Navy Board Warrant dated 18 January 1813. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
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HMS Berwick (1775)


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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the internal and external profile of works illustrating the knees, beams and external planking from the main wales and above for Berwick (1775), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
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Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the internal and external profile of works illustrating the knees, beams and external planking from the main wales and above for Berwick (1775), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. It is unknown when this plan was drawn. Berwick (1775) was refitted at Plymouth Dockyard in 1781, and refitted at Sheerness Dockyard after the battle of Dogger Bank in August 1781. She underwent a small to middling repair at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1786-87, before being captured by the French in March 1795.
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