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'Invincible' (1808); 'Minden' (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Invincible' (1808) and 'Minden' (1810), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. The later pencil alterations to the plan refer to
Circa August 1802
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'Neptune' (1797). Scale 1:24. Plan showing sections and elevations for the main jeer capstan of 'Neptune' (1797), a 98-gun Second Rate three-decker, as taken off at Deptford in 1796 prior to the ship's launch in January 1797.
1796
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. deck
1794
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. deck, gun
1794
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. deck, orlop
1794
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
1794
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. frame
1794
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. Inboard profile plan Date: NMM, Progress Book, volume 3, folio 113, states that 'Aimwell' and 'Pelter' were ordered and begun in 1794 at Blackwall by Mr Percy.
1794
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. Inboard profile plan
1794
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. lines
1794
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. lines & profile
1794
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. Lower deck plan
1794
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. platform
1794
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. sail
1794
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. sheer
1794
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. sheer & profile
1794
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. Sheer draught of HMS 'Indefatigable' dated to 1794 to show the proposal for cutting the the 64-gun Third Rate down to a frigate. In this process, the ship was 'razeed', and her upper deck was removed and she was reduced to an armamen
1794
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. Upper deck plan
1794
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Anchor weights and measurements in the Royal Navy (1794). No scale. Plan showing the weights and measurements for anchors as well as descriptions, diagrams, and dimensions for anchors up to 80 hundredweight in divisions of one cwt taken from actual measur
1794
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Bristol (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Bristol (1775), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Prison Ship. Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1793-1795]. NMM, Pr
Circa December 1794
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Bristol (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck for Bristol (1775), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Prison Ship. Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1793-1795]. NMM, Progress Book
Circa December 1794
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Bristol (1775). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck (quarterdeck, waist, and forecastle), and upper deck illustrating the Bristol (1775), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a Prison Ship. Signed by Thomas Pollard [Mas
Circa December 1794
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Magnanime (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Magnanime (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as proposed to be cut down to a 38-gun Fifth Rate Frigate. The plan includes the outline of her original height when a 64-gun ship. M
August 1794
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Magnanime (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Magnanime (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as proposed to be fitted when cut down to a 38-gun Fifth Rate Frigate. Magnanime was cut down (razeed) at Plymouth dockyard by Admiralty Or
August 1794
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Magnanime (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Magnanime (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as proposed to be fitted when cut down to a 38-gun Fifth Rate Frigate. Magnanime was cut down (razeed) at Ply
August 1794
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Magnanime (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Magnanime (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as proposed to be fitted when cut down to a 38-gun Fifth Rate Frigate. Magnanime was cut down (razeed) at Plymouth dockyard
August 1794
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Magnanime (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Magnanime (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as proposed to be fitted when cut down to a 38-gun Fifth Rate Frigate. Magnanime was cut down (razeed) at Plymouth dockyard by Admiralty Or
August 1794
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Namur (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sheer (no waterlines) for the Namure (1756), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, as proposed to be cut down (razeed) to a 74-gun Thrid Rate, two-decker. This draught was not sent to the dockyard.
1802
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Pompee (1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline with decoration detail and the name in a cartouche on the stern counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Pompee (1794), a captur
26 August 1794
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Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders on Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker.
April 1803
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Tromp (captured 1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for Tromp (captured 1769), a captured Dutch 54-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, prior to fitting as a 24-gun Troopship. NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 642 states that 'Trom
April 1798
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Tromp (captured 1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Tromp (captured 1769), a captured Dutch 54-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, prior to fitting as a 24-gun Troopship. NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 642 states that 'Tromp' (17
April 1798
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Trompeuse (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Trompeuse (captured 1794), a captured French brig, now fitted at Plymouth
19 June 1794
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Viper (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and long longitudinal half-breadth for Viper (captured 1794), a captured French brig sloop, as taken off at Portsmouth prior to conv
3 April 1794
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Viper (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck and after platform for Viper (captured 1794), a captured French brig sloop, as taken off at Portsmouth before conversion to an 18-gun brig sloop.
April 1794
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Viper (captured 1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Viper (captured 1794), a captured French brig sloop, as taken off at Portsmouth before conversion to an 18-gun brig sloop.
April 1794
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28 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for an 8-oared 28 ft Pinnace.
Annotation dated: January 1794
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Juste (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Juste (1794), a captured French Third Rate, prior to fitting as an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker at Portsmouth Dockyard.
January 1794
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64ft Sailing Vessel (Lighter). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building a sixty-four foot single-masted sailing vessel [lighter] for service in Plymouth Dockyard.
13 January 1794
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Espiegle (captured 1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, shern bouard outline with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal for the Espiegle (captured 1793), a captured French brig-sloop, as taken off p
12 February 1794
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'Assistant' (1791). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Assistant' (1791?), an Armed Tender as fitted for a Transport at Deptford Dockyard in 1794. Sig
25 March 1794
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Teaser (1794). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck with fore platform, aft platform, forecastle, and sections for Teaser (1794), a 14-gun Gunboat building at Deptford by Dudman & Co. The plan has an altered forecastle deck whi
29 March 1794
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Beaver (1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with some external detail, the quarterdeck and forecastle, and upper deck for Beaver (1795), a 14-gun Ship Sloop building at Harwich by Mr Graham. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy,
13 April 1794
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Forester (1794) [alternative spelling: Forrester]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile, section and deck plan for Forester (1794), a flat-bottomed 4-gun Gunboat (Gunbarge). The hull is similar to a Thames 'stumpy' barge with swim ends, and l
4 July 1794
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Proposed Magazine lantern. Scale: 1:6. Plan showing front, side and back elevations for a proposed Magazine lantern. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
August 1794
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26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl. Thsi plan recorded as Draught No. 3 [See ZAZ7122 for Draught No. 1].
Annotation dated: 9 August 1794
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21 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 21 ft Yawl.
Annotations dated: 19 June and 30 August 1794
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'Elephant' (1786). Scale: Graduated Bar Scale. Plan showing the iron ballast between the fore and after bulkheads, and a plan of the ground tier between the fore and after bulkheads illustrating the stores on Elephant (1786), a 74-gun, Third Ra
November 1794
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