Specification (steel mast & derrick) for Benbow (1885)

Handwritten 8 page specification for building and fitting a proposed steel mast and derrick for HMS Benbow (1885), a 16.25 inch gun barbette ironclad battleship.

Stamped on front: 'Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Orchard Yard, Blackwall' and signed by the overseer J A Yates.

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ID:	ADT0911
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	July 1882; 1885
Credit:	© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 340 mm x 220 mm x 10 mm
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Specification (steel mast & derrick) for Benbow (1885)

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