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Plan drawings of the paddles steamer 'Forbes'
Ruled line bow and stern (above) and broadside (below) elevations, made starboard-on, headed “Body Plan” with annotations and a scale.
The ‘Forbes’ was named after Captain Forbes who helped to introduce steam ships into India. Her engines were built in Britain by Boulton and Watt.
Above inscribed: “Forbes. Steamer built (opposite Calcutta) by the new Howrah Dock Compy. (Owners Messrs McIntosh & Co” and in the lower right “(Correct) J M Seppings Surveyor of Shipping to H.E.C. in Marine Dept Calcutta 1830”
The ‘Forbes’ was named after Captain Forbes who helped to introduce steam ships into India. Her engines were built in Britain by Boulton and Watt.
Above inscribed: “Forbes. Steamer built (opposite Calcutta) by the new Howrah Dock Compy. (Owners Messrs McIntosh & Co” and in the lower right “(Correct) J M Seppings Surveyor of Shipping to H.E.C. in Marine Dept Calcutta 1830”
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD6677 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Government Litho Press; Tassin, Jean Baptiste Athanase |
| Vessels: | Forbes (1829) |
| Date made: | 1830 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 240 mm x 310 mm |