H.M.S Dwarf with Woodcroft's Patent Varying Pitch Screw Propeller 1844. Diagrammatic view of hull

Print depicting a diagrammatic view of the propeller and hull of the HMS Dwarf. The Dwarf was the first screw vessel in the Royal Navy when it was bought in 1843. It was originally built in Liverpool and launched in 1834 as the Mermaid, and then adapted at Blackwall in 1842, becoming an Iron Screw vessel.

Object Details

ID: PAD6183
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Barlow, H. B.; Cheffins, C B
Vessels: Dwarf (1843)
Date made: 1 Jul 1848
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 170 mm x 230 mm