About this site

'Alderney' (1734); 'Furnace' (1740); 'Lightning' (1740); 'Carcass' (1740); 'Thunder' (1740); 'Basilisk' (1740); 'Blast' (1740); 'Firedrake' (1742). Scale: 1:48. A plan showin
26 March 1734
National Maritime Museum

'Suffolk' (1740). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building 'Suffolk' (1740), a 1733 Establishment 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Note that she was a reb
26 May 1736
National Maritime Museum

'Minorca' (1740). Scale: possibly 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for 'Minorca' (1740), a single-masted ex-Deptford lighter. On the reverse is
circa August 1743
National Maritime Museum

30ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1775). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, inboard profile and deck plan for a 16-oared, 30ft flat-bottomed Boat, to carry 40 Soldiers and 16 Sailors. Copies were sent out in 1799 and 1800. Signed by John
26 July 1775
National Maritime Museum

Zephyr (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board, half breadth of the quarter deck, full lower deck, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth of Zephyr (1779), as fitted for a transport from a Brig Sloop (prior to her name ch
26 November 1783
National Maritime Museum

31ft Chain Boat (1788). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, section through the windlass, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan proposed [and approved] for a thirty-one foot chain boat for Deptford Doc
26 October 1787
National Maritime Museum

'Royal Escape' (1743). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan for the 'Royal Escape' (1743), a single-masted sailing Lighter bu
26 August 1791
National Maritime Museum

31ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1804). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 31ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1804). Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
26 December 1804
National Maritime Museum

Sheldrake (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck of Sheldrake (1806), a 16-gun Brig, building by Mr Richards at Hythe, near Southampton. Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
26 November 1805
National Maritime Museum

28 ft Pinnace (1808). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for a 12 oared, 28 ft Pinnace built at Plymouth for the Virginie (a 38-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate captured in 179
Dated: 26 March 1808
National Maritime Museum

Goodwill (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, and deck plan forward of the mast illustrating the store rooms and platform for Goodwill (1810), a sailing Lighter for Chatham as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by George Parkin [Ma
26 September 1810
National Maritime Museum

The fitting of illuminators to gunports in ships (1811). No scale. Plan showing the fitting of illuminators below the scuttles in the ports of warships. Signed by Robert Seppings [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1803-1813; Surveyor of the Navy, 1
26 July 1811
National Maritime Museum

possibly Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818), and Speedy (1828) and Snipe (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Revenue Cutters to be b
Dated: 26 June 1817
National Maritime Museum

possibly Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818), and Speedy (1828) and Snipe (1828). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing sections at Station 14, Midship, and Station M for Revenue Cutters to be built at Pater [Pembroke Dockyard]. These could relate to both the Revenue Cu
Dated: 26 June 1817
National Maritime Museum

Snipe (1828); Speedy (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with platforms for Snipe (1828) and Speedy (1828), two Revenue Cutters to be built at Pater [Pembroke Dockyard]. Initalled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 18
Dated: 26 June 1817
National Maritime Museum

Chain Pumps proposed for H M Ships (1820). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the profile, plan and section to illustrate the method of working the chain pumps on H M Ships using the Capstan, as proposed by Mr. Edwards. Signed by John Edye [Assistant to Survey
26 September 1820
National Maritime Museum

Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation, plan, and section for the cap; and the plan, elevation and section for the main and fore tops for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig/sloop as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dock
26 September 1829
National Maritime Museum

Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with waterline for Barracouta (1820), a 10-gun Brig/Brig Sloop as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829. Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard
26 september 1829
National Maritime Museum

Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloop, as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829. Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1826-1836].
26 September 1829
National Maritime Museum

Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing the lower deck with elevations for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloop, as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829. Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard
26 September 1829
National Maritime Museum

Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and platforms and flats, for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built for service in Malta. Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Chatham Do
26 July 1837
National Maritime Museum

'Curlew' (1830) 10-gun brig. Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the plan of the mortar bed, sleepers and hatches as fitted for the 'Curlew' (1830). The ship was previously a 10-gun brig and the plan displays the ship's convertion into a
26 November 1847
National Maritime Museum

'Curlew' (1830). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing a section through the mortar bomb bed, sleepers and hatches for the 'Curlew' (1830), a 10-Gun Gun Brig. The ship was previously a 10-gun brig and the plan displays the ship's convertio
26 November 1847
National Maritime Museum

30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter.
Dated: 26 February 1861
National Maritime Museum

30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 10-oared 30 ft Cutter. Signed Isaac Watts [Chief Constructor of the Navy, 1860-1863].
Dated: 26 February 1861
National Maritime Museum

Devastation (1871). Scale 1:48 Plan showing the flying deck (charhouse &c) for the turret battleship Devastation (1871), as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan includes later alterations dated 1882 (including torpedo firing and torpedo net defence
26 March 1874
National Maritime Museum

Devastation (1871). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the breastwork and forecastle deck for the turret battleship Devastation (1871), as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan illustrates the top of the 600 pdr 12 inch gun turret with their armoured ventilation g
26 March 1874
National Maritime Museum

Devastation (1871). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the General Arrangement Inboard Profile (with some external details) for the turret battleship Devastation (1871), as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan includes later alterations dated 1882 and 1886. Ann
26 March 1874
National Maritime Museum

Devastation (1871). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the hold plan with sections at stations (looking forward) 130, 122, 104 and sections at stations (looking aft) 98, 58, 36, 22 and 12 for the turret battleship Devastation (1871), as built at Portsmouth Dockyard
26 March 1874
National Maritime Museum

Devastation (1871). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the turret battleship Devastation (1871), as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan includes later alterations dated 1882 and 1886. Annotated "Alterations and Additions, tinted green,
26 March 1874
National Maritime Museum

Devastation (1871). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and belt deck for the turret battleship Devastation (1871), as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan includes later alterations dated 1882 and 1886. Annotated "Alterations and Additions,
26 March 1874
National Maritime Museum

HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile of the masted turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876), illustrating her appearance following the replacement of her original brig rig with military masts. Other alterations made are mar
26 July 1887
National Maritime Museum

HMS Birmingham (1913). Scale 1:96. A plan showing the outboard profile of the light cruiser HMS Birmingham (1913), illustrating the arrangement of her rig as completed. The plan has been subsequently updated to show alterations made up to 1923.
26 February 1914
National Maritime Museum

. body
26 Nov 1924
National Maritime Museum

. Inboard profile plan
26 Sep 1941
National Maritime Museum

. section
26 Nov 1941
National Maritime Museum