Specification for Seagull (1855), Skipjack (1855), Sandlfy (1855), Sheldrake (1855), Plover (1855), Tickler (1855), Bullfrog (1855), Bustard (1855), Banterer (1855), Carnation (1855), Charger (1855), Cockchafer (1855), Dove (1855), Forward (1855), Grasshopper (1856), Hasty (1856), Herring (1856), Insolent (1856), Mayflower (1856), Staunch (1856), Charon (1856), Haughty (1856), Leveret (1856), Mackerel (1856), Procris (1856), Shamrock (1856), Spey (1856), Tilbury (1856)

20 page specification for building Albacore class gunboats at Mr Pitcher's Yard, Northfleet: Seagull (1855), Skipjack (1855), Sandlfy (1855), Sheldrake (1855), Plover (1855), Tickler (1855), Bullfrog (1855), Bustard (1855), Banterer (1855), Carnation (1855), Charger (1855), Cockchafer (1855), Dove (1855), Forward (1855), Grasshopper (1856), Hasty (1856), Herring (1856), Insolent (1856), Mayflower (1856), Staunch (1856), Charon (1856), Haughty (1856), Leveret (1856), Mackerel (1856), Procris (1856), Shamrock (1856), Spey (1856), Tilbury (1856), all wooden single-screw 'Crimean' gunboats ordered in the first batch between April and July 1855. A further six were ordered to be built by Mr Pitcher in October 1855.

Some annotations in red pencil.

Signed by Isaac Watts and John Edye [Assistants to the Surveyor of the Navy]. Signed and approved by Baldwin W. Walker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1848-1860].

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ID:	ADT0889
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Clarke, CHapman & Co Ltd.
Vessels:	Banterer (1855)
Date made:	10 May 1855; 1887 March 1910 12 October 1939 1939 1942 1943
Credit:	© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 400 mm x 260 mm x 20 mm
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