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'Atlas' (1782); 'Glory' (1788). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half breadth proposed for 'Atlas' (1782), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. The plan inclu
19 August 1777
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'Duke' (1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showin the body plans, sternboard with decoration detail and name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Duke' (1777), a 90-gun Second Rate, t
November 1777
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. deck Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 427, states that 'Ostrich' arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 October 1777, and was launched on 19 November 1777. She sailed on 10 January 1778. Her merchant name is not recorded.
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. deck
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. frame
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. Inboard profile plan
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. lines
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. lines & profile Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 427, states that 'Ostrich' arrived at Sheerness Dockyard on 20 October 1777, and was launched on 19 November 1777. She sailed on 10 January 1778. Her merchant name is not recorde
1777
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. lines & profile
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. Lower deck plan
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. platform
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. Upper deck plan
1777
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Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
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Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
19 February 1777
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Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
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Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
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Charon (1778). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with some details of cabin arrangements for building Charon (1778), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, at Harwich by Mr Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
February 1777
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Infexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Thir
21 February 1777
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Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1: 48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, at Harwich by Mr John Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
24 March 1777
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Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
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Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
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Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
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Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
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Inflexible (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1777
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Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Circa August 1777
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Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans were used for the oth
Circa July 1777
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Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. Signed by John
31 July 1777
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Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans we
Circa July 1777
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Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans were used for th
Circa July 1777
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Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible's inboard profile records that the plans were used for the other ships in
Circca July 1777
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Lion (1777) [alternative spelling: Lyon]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline and name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Lyon (1777), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-dec
Circa September 1777-September 1778
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Ruby (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Ruby (1776), 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed by Nich
Circa late November 1776 - late February 1778
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Ulysses (1779); Endymion (1779); Serapis (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Ulysses (1779), and later in 1778 for Endymion (1779) and Serapis (1779), all 44-gun Fifth Ra
28 October 1777
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Vestal (1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with decoration detail and the name on the stern counter in a cartouche, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for Vestal (1777), a 20-gun
Circa May-June 1777
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Grasshopper (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after platform for Grasshopper (1776), a purchased vessel as taken off and fitted as a 14-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford
1 May 1777
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Grasshopper (purchased 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Grasshopper (1776), a purchased vessel as taken off and fitted as a 14-gun Ship Sloop at Deptford. The plan include
1 May 1777
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Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and proposed modification to the main mast position, longitudinal half-breadth for the purchased Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777), as taken off prior
21 May 1777
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Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck for the purchased Duchess of Manchester (fl.1777), as taken off, and with proposed modifications for converting her to a 4-gun Survey Sloop. She was possibly rename
21 May 1777
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Lord Camden (fl 1777). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sheer profile (one waterline) as taken off afloat for the Lord Camdon, a prize taken by Prince of Wales (1765) in July 1777. It seems that this vessel was not purchased by the Admiralty. Signed by Jo
August 1777
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Caesar (cancelled 1783); Bulwark (cancelled 1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with quarter gallery decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for 'Caesar' (cancelled 1783), and in 1778 for 'Bulwark' (c
1 August 1777
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Commerce (captured 1777). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing an incomplete inboard profile and part deck plan for Commerce (captured 1777), a captured French merchant ship taken by Alderney (1757), a 10-gun Ship Sloop. The ship was not approved for
27 September 1777
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Minorca (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Minorca (1779), an 18-gun Zebec [Xebec] to be built at Port Mahon, Minorca. (Ignore the pencil annotation referring to Minerva
Circa February 1778
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Niger (1759). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Niger (1759), a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off/fitted? prior to sailing for Jamaica. Signed by John Henslow [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Docky
21 November 1777
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