H.M.S. "ASCOT" (1916) PADDLE STEAMER FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE. RIGGING PLAN.

Scale 1:48 tracing drawing showing the Rigging Plan - starboard side Elevation. This is the only drawing in this folder.

H.M.S. "Ascot" was an 'Ascot' class paddle minesweeper and was torpedoed by UB67 off the Farne Islands (Seahouses) on 10 November 1918 (55 38N, 1 30W). All 53 on board were lost (RNLI launched on hearing the explosion but found no survivor). "Ascot" was the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk during WWI hostilities. There is a model in the Imperial War Museum.

Box ADFB00014.

Object Details

ID: NPN0731
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Date made: 1916
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 715 mm x 1705 mm
Parts: Box