H.M. CONVOY SLOOP "ARBUTUS" (1917) EXPANSION OF SHELL PLATING (AS FITTED)

Scale 1:48 tracing drawing showing the Shell Expansion. Merchant ship scantlings notations (i.e. inches thickness rather than lbs/sq ft weight) but frames numbered from forward Royal Navy style.

"Anchusa" class convoy sloop given the appearance of a merchantman and with armament (inluding an anti-submarine bomb howitzer) hidden.

NPN0541 - 0543. (Box ADFB0010).

Object Details

ID: NPN0542
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Date made: 22 November 1917
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 575 mm x 2040 mm
Parts: Box