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Otter (1742). Scale:1:48. Plan showing body plan, sheer lines with some inboard details, and longitudinal half-breadth for Otter (1742), an 8-gun snow-rigged, two-masted Sloop.
Circa February 1741
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Assistance (1747); Greenwich (1748); Tavistock (1747). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Assistance (1747), Greenwich (1748), and Tavistock (1747), all 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-deckers.
11 September 1745
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Assistance (1747); Greenwich (1748); Tavistock (1747). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with for & aft platforms for Assistance (1747), Greenwich (1748), and Tavistock (1747), all 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-deckers.
11 September 1745
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Assistance (1747); Greenwich (1748); Tavistock (1747). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Assistance (1747), Greenwich (1748), and Tavistock (1747), all 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-deckers.
11 September 1745
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Assistance (1747); Greenwich (1748); Tavistock (1747). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Assistance (1747), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. The reverse of the plan lists the builders (in faint pencil) for Greenwich (1748) and Tavistock (174
11 September 1745
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41ft Mooring Lighter (1757). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, basic profile with some inboard detail, and basic longitudinal half-breadth for a proposed single-masted 41ft Mooring Lighter for Portsmouth Dockyard. There is some dispute as to wh
11 August 1756
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60ft Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for a 60ft mooring lighter (no date) for Portsmouth Dockyard.
11 August 1756
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45ft Chain Boat (1758). Graduated Bar Scale. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck details for a forty-five foot chain boat (1758), built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard. Another o
11 January 1758
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45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, longitudinal half-breadth, and half deck plan for a forty-five foot chain boat, to be built by Mr. Thomas Bennett at Faversham for Woolwich Dockyard within six months of
circa 11 January 1758
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45ft Chain Boat (1758). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and half-breadth deck plan, for a forty-five foot chain boat for Woolwich Dockyard. Initialled by Thomas Slade [Surveyo
11 January 1758
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'Monarch' (1765); 'Ramilies' (1763); 'Invincible' (1765); 'Robust' (1764); 'Magnificent' (1766); 'Marlborough' (1767). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines with stern quarter dec
11 January 1763
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Ajax (1767). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, and sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Ajax (1767), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by William Bately [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1
11 January 1763
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Raisonnable (1768) [alternative spelling: Raisonable]; Agamemnon (1781); Belliqueux (1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Raisonnable (1768), and later for Agamemnon (1781) and
11 January 1763
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Trident (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Trident (1768), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, to be built at Plymouth. The pla
11 January 1763
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'Worcester' (1769); 'Lion' (1777) [alternative spelling: Lyon]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for 'Worcester' (1769), and with alterations dated September 1805 for 'Lion' (1777
11 April 1768
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'Worcester' (1769); 'Stirling Castle' (1775); 'Lion' (1777) [alternative spelling: Lyon]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for 'Worcester' (1769), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker
April 1768
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Endeavour (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Endeavour (1768), a purchased collier, as taken off and fitted as a ship-rigged Bark for exploration. Signed by Adam Hayes [Mas
11 July 1768
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Endeavour (1768). Scale: 96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, upper deck, forecastle, fore & aft falls (a type of platforms), lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Endeavour (1768), a purchased collier, as fitted as a ship-rigged Bark for explora
11 July 1768
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'Eagle' (1774); 'Vigilant' (1774); 'America' (1777); 'Ruby' (1776); 'Standard' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Eagle' (1774), late
11 February 1771
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'Vengeance' (1774); 'Sultan' (1775); 'Hector' (1774); 'Royal Oak' (1769). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Vengeance' (1774),
11 February 1771
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Alcide (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Alcide (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Deptford Dockyard.
11 August 1779
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Alcide (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, gun deck (lower deck), orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Alcide (1779), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Deptford Dockyard.
11 August 1779
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Squirrel (1785). 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)
11th December 1782
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Imperieuse (captured 1793). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline and some decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Imperieuse (captured 1793), a captured French 40-gun
11 July 1795
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Caledonia (1808); Britannia (1820); Prince Regent (1823). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Caledonia (1808), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker. The plan shows alter
11 January 1796
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'Leda' (1800). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Leda' (1800), a 38-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate, building at Chatham Dockyard.
11 May 1796
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing the inboard profile for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy,1784-1806], and William Rule
11 August 1797
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun, Third rate, two-decker. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [Surveyor of the Na
11 August 1797
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, prior to the modifications to the carronade ports on the quarterdeck. Initialled by John Henslow
11 August 1797
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [S
11 August 1797
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'Fame' (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines, and logitudinal half-breadth for 'Fame' (1805), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, to be built at Deptford Dockyard. Signed by John Henlsow [Surveyor of the Navy, 178
11 December 1799
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Griper (1804), Furious (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with a scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Griper (1804) and Furious (1804), both 12-gun Gunbrigs built by Messrs Brindley at Ki
11 February 1804
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Anacreon (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Anacreon (1813), a 16-gun (later 22-gun) Ship Sloop. The vessel was originally started by Thomas Sutton before being d
11 September 1805
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Blake (1808); Saint Domingo (1809). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Blake (1809) and Saint Domingo (1808), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. These two ships were a lenghtened version of the Courage
11 October 1805
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Prince Frederick (captured 1796). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck for Prince Frederick (captured 1796), a captured Dutch 66-gun Third Rate, as fitted as an Hospital Ship. She was fitted at Plymouth Dockyard between D
11 January 1806
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Comet (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore and after platforms for Comet (1807), an 18-gun Fireship (Sloop), building at Bideford by Mr William Taylor. Note that part of the after platform is missing. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the N
11 March 1806
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Comet (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with alterations to the capstan position and anchor bitts, and a section through the after part of the Fire Room, for Comet (1807), an 18-gun Fireship (Sloop), building at Bideford by Mr William
11 March 1806
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Comet (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Comet (1807), an 18-gun Fireship (Sloop), building at Bideford by Mr William Taylor. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-181
11 March 1806
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Comet (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with alterations to the capstan position and anchor bitts for Comet (1807), an 18-gun Fireship (Sloop), building at Bideford by Mr William Taylor. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1
11 March 1806
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Peruvian (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Peruvian (1808), an 18-gun Brig Sloop (Brigantine) building at Bursledon by Messrs Parsons. The ship was in fact built at Warsash as George Parsons had to move h
11 May 1807
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Peuvian (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with pencil alterations for Peruvian (1808), an 18-gun Brig Sloop (Brigantine) building at Bursledon by Messrs Parsons. The ship was in fact built at Warsash as George Parsons had to move his
11 May 1807
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Princess Royal (1773), Windsor Castle (1790). Scale 1:48. A plan showing outboard sheer (no waterlines) for 'Princess Royal' (1773), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, illustrating the alterations to be made in cutting her down to a 74-gun, Thi
11 June 1807
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Belle Poule (1806). No scale. Plan showing the starboard profile of the figurehead for Belle Poule (1806), a captured French Frigate, now a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1802-1823].
11 February 1808
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Mooring block (1809). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation, side view, and plan view of a mooring block, as drawn by Samuel Hemmans, Master Attendant at Chatham Dockyard (1799-1816).
11 October 1809
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Sabine (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and longitudinal half-breadth for Sabine (captured 1808), a captured French brig, as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard, prior to fitti
11 October 1809
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Sabine (captured 1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and lower deck with after platform for Sabine (captured 1808), a captured French brig, as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard, prior to fitting as an 18-gun brig. The reverse of the plan state
11 October 1809
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Weymouth (1804). No scale (probably 1:96). Plan showing pencil modifications (from 1813) to the incomplete inboard profile, spar deck, upper deck, lower deck, and platforms of the Weymouth (1804), a purchased East Indiaman, as converted to a Storeship.
11 October 1811
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Hindostan (1804). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the alterations to the cabin arrangements on the upper deck for fitting Hindostan (1804), a purchased East Indiaman, as converted to a Storeship. This plan was sent to Chatham Dockyard to replace one of 4 Nove
11 November 1813
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Newcastle (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Newcastle (1813), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, Frigate, as taken off in November 1815 when fitting for foreign
11 March 1815
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Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate building at Plymouth Dockyard. The plan includes references relating to the construction. Signed by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 1
11 April 1815
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Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the riders for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate. The plan includes later alterations, which were sent to Plymouth for fitting the magazine and sail room in accordanc
11 April 1815
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Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck illustrating the cabin layout for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
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Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the spar deck (quarterdeck and forecastle with enclosed waist) for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
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Java (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Java (1815), a 52-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate, building at Plymouth Dockyard.
11 April 1815
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Proposed new method of fixing keels to 74 gun ships. 1:24. Plan showing a section illustrating the present method of fixing the keel to 74 gun, Third Rates, and a section illustrating the proposed method of fixing the keel to a 74 gun ship, where the shi
11 December 1817
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Proposed new method of fixing keels to 74 gun ships. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the keel profiles for the stern and bow, and a section, illustrating the proposed new method of fixing keels to 74 gun Third Rate two-deckers. Signed by Oliver Lang [Assist
11 December 1817
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Hind (1814); Wye (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile and plan of the stern quarter of Hind (1814), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop, illustrating the fitting of an iron tiller and spiral wheel. According to a pencil annotation on ZAZ3983 this tiller
11 March 1820
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Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827); Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Madagascar (1822) and Manilla (cancelled 1831),
11 September 1821
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Madagascar (1822); Manilla (cancelled 1831); Africaine (1827); Statira (cancelled 1832); Druid (1825); Euphrates (cancelled 1831).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Madagascar (1822) and Manilla (cancelled 1831), both 46-gun F
11 September 1821
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Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the after cockpit illustrating the layout of the dispensary on Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as 'pointed out' by Admiral Sir Robert Stopford [Admiral of the Blue, seniority: 27 May 182
11 December 1829
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Ganges (1821). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard side plan view of the after cockpit illustrating the dispensary for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as 'pointed out' by Admiral Sir Robert Stopford [Admiral of the Blue, se
11 February 1830
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Bed places for officers and other cabins (circa 1835). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing elevation and plan of the method for fitting bed spaces in officers and others cabins to replace canvas bed-bottoms. Faint pencil annotation states this was not sent. See
11 July 1835
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Bed places for officers and other cabins (circa 1835). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing elevation and plan of the method for fitting bed spaces in officers and others cabins to replace canvas bed-bottoms. Pencil annotation states this was not sent. See annota
11 July 1835
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Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the sail profile with mast and spar dimensions, and sail area, for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built for service in Malta.
11 February 1837
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Racehorse (1830). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore part of the upper deck for Racehorse (1830), an 18-gun flush-decked Ship Sloop. The plan illustrates the proposed alterations of the fore hatchway, grating &c to allow the main topmast to be stowe
11 December 1837
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as taken off at Plymouth Dockyard in 1838. Signed by Thomas F. Hawkes [Master Shipwright, Plymout
11 September 1838
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. deck, roundhouse
11 May 1853
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'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96 and 1:12 for detail drawing. A plan showing the main deck of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860), illustrating her as of 12 December 1863 on the completion of her refit. The plan also includes detailed
11 February 1864
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'Warrior' (1860). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the hold of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860), illustrating her as of 12 December 1863 on the completion of her refit. The plan includes sections through the fore and aft handing rooms
11 February 1864
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27ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.4. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth for a 27ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.4. Signed by Henry Cradock [Master Shipwright, Portmouth Dockyard, 1862-1869].
11 March 1868 (29 February 1868 crossed out)
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28ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.3. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth and half-deck plan, for a 28ft Steam Life Boat Cutter No.3. Signed by Henry Cradock [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth
11 March 1868 (29 February 1868 crossed out)
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23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 23 ft Cutter, later used for a Jolly Boat. Signed W. B, Robinson [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1869-?]. The plan seems to
Originally dated: 11 September 1869
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32ft Galley (1869). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32ft 14 oared Galley. The plan was later passed to Devonport Dockyard in 1875. Signed by W.B. Robinson [Master Shipwright (late
11 September 1869
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32ft Galley or Gig (1869). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32ft 14-oared Galley or Gig. Signed by William B. Robinson [Master Shipwright (later Chief Constructor), Portsmo
11 September 1869
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. Inboard profile plan
11 Feb 1907
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Caledon (1916). Scale 1:48. A plan of the shell expansion showing the arrangement of plating and rivetting for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1916). The shell is mostly H.T steel. the side Protective Plating is 80lbs (2 inch) H.T. over 40 lbs (1 inch
11 June 1917
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Caledon (1916). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the general arrangement plan of sections for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1916), as fitted in 1917. The sections are starboard side half sections at frame 197 looking aft (l/a), 183 l/a, 167 l/a, 149 l/a, 135
11 June 1917
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Caledon (1916). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the general arrangement plan of the forecastle deck and bridges for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1936), as fitted in 1917. The plan includes alterations dated March 1928 in sienna. Also annotated in pencil &q
11 Jun 1917
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Caledon (1916). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the internal (below weather decks) and external profile for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1917), as fitted in 1917. The plan includes alterations dated March 1928 in sienna. Rake of keel ca. 2 feet. Also annot
11 June 1917
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