A duck canvas 8 person tent

An image showing 'NPD3848; A detailed technical drawing of "Arctic expedition tent for 12 persons"'

An image showing 'NLIB0060; DRG L16 Gunmetal Fittings (Fairleads etc) plan for lifeboat 'Edmond & Mary Robinson' ON812.'

An image showing 'NPD3847 A detailed technical drawing of "Arctic expedition tent for 8 persons"'

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Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the side view, end view with door open and closed and a sketch for fitting the window and screen to a duck canvas 8 person tent for use on the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-6.

The plan includes a detailed description of the materials used and its construction.

Signed by Sir Francis Leopold McClintock [Rear Admiral Superintendant, Portsmouth Dockyard] and William B. Robinson [Master Shipwright & Engineer, Portsmouth Dockyard].

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Object Details

ID:	NPD3847
Type:	Technical drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	14 July 1875
Credit:	© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Box Light duck canvas knapsack (Technical drawing) (NPD3845) Leather and canvas boots (Technical drawing) (NPD3846) A duck canvas 8 person tent (Technical drawing) (NPD3847) A duck canvas 12 person tent (Technical drawing) (NPD3848) A duck canvas 5 person tent (Technical drawing) (NPD3849) Large size lamp for cooking apparatus (Technical drawing) (NPD3850) Cooking apparatus and kettle holding 13 pints (Technical drawing) (NPD3851) Cooking apparatus and kettle holding 3 pints (Technical drawing) (NPD3852) Tin water bottle and cup (Technical drawing) (NPD3853) Gun screen sledge for seal shooting (Technical drawing) (NPD3854) Sledge formed of four snow shoes (Technical drawing) (NPD3855) Small 8ft sledge for five men or for dogs (Technical drawing) (NPD3856) 6ft 9inch heavy working sledge (Technical drawing) (NPD3857) 16ft 5inch ladder sledge (Technical drawing) (NPD3858) 61/2 ft satellite sledge (Technical drawing) (NPD3859) 14ft large sledge (Technical drawing) (NPD3860) 4 wheeled handcart (Technical drawing) (NPD3861) 11ft sledge for eight persons (Technical drawing) (NPD3862) Cooking apparatus with kettle holding 6 pints (Technical drawing) (NPD3863) Cooking apparatus with kettle holding 9 pints (Technical drawing) (NPD3864) Sleeping Bag (Technical drawing) (NPD3865) 10lb and 7lb ice drags (Technical drawing) (NPD3866) Ice axe, snow knife and sheath, pickaxe and pemmican chopper (Technical drawing) (NPD3867) Small 18 inch dredge (Technical drawing) (NPD3868) Large 3ft 6 inch dredge (Technical drawing) (NPD3869) Four ice anchors of different sizes and weights (Technical drawing) (NPD3870) 13ft ice saw and tripod (Technical drawing) (NPD3871) 17ft 8 inch ice saw and tripod (Technical drawing) (NPD3872)