"ALTAIR" (1916) BOAT AND FORECASTLE DECK PLANS

Scale 1:48 print of a tracing drawing ot the Construction Plan of the Boat and Forecastle Decks. Concluded, but not stated, "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.

Object Details

ID: NPN0378
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: 594 mm x 1827 mm