(H.M.S.) "ALTAIR" (ex-"Venetia") (1905) GENERAL ARRANGEMENT ELEVATION & TOP DECKS (1940)

Scale 1:48 tracing drawing giving the General Arrangement Elevation and GA Plan of the Promenade Deck and Gun Platform.

Armed yacht fitted with ASDIC, depth charge chutes and throwers, 1x4" Mk IV gun, 1x Lewis machine gun. Sketch in pencil appears to show possible position for Type 271 0r 273 radar lantern.

Formerly "Venetia". Name of yacht on drawing for Job no. 4180 appears to have been added later.

This folder NPN0379-80.

(Box ADFB0007)

Object Details

ID: NPN0379
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Date made: 1940
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 900 mm x 1368 mm