Specification (building) for a 30ft Royal barge for Virginia Water

30 page handwritten specification for a 30ft Royal barge for Virginia Water. The specification also includes fragile sketches bound into the document.

Principle Dimensions: Length (between perps.) 30 feet, Beam (extreme) 6 feet 2 inches, Depth 2 feet 3 inches.

Includes scale 4 foot to 1 foot sketches of:
Midship part of the floor
Stem, heel and hog, deadwood and apron
Post, transom and deadwood
Disposition of fastenings and thickness of bottom and topside planking
Rate panel and dolphins
Brass rudder head and serpent tiller.

Signed by J Elliott [Assistant to Master Shipwright & Engineer, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1872-]

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ID:	ADT0867
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1873
Credit:	© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 330 mm x 220 mm x 5 mm
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Specification (building) for a 30ft Royal barge for Virginia Water

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