"ALTAIR" (1916) SHELL EXPANSION
Scale 1:48 print of a tracing drawing giving the Shell Expansion "as fitted". Scantlings are given merchant style rather than Royal Navy style i.e. inches rather than lbs (but frames are numbered from forward).
British "Arabis" class minesweeping sloop (see i.a. NPN0385 et seq) built for the French Navy, with 14cm (5.5inch) guns. Drawing is in English and is actually titled "S.S. 'ALTAIR'".
This folder NPN0371-0378.
British "Arabis" class minesweeping sloop (see i.a. NPN0385 et seq) built for the French Navy, with 14cm (5.5inch) guns. Drawing is in English and is actually titled "S.S. 'ALTAIR'".
This folder NPN0371-0378.
Object Details
| ID: | NPN0376 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | William Hamilton and Company Ltd |
| Date made: | stamped 10 November 1916 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 543 mm x 1997 mm |