Donegal (1858)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile of the bow, headrails and figurehead of Donegal (1858), a 101-gun, Second Rate, two-decker screw ship.
The figurehead is a three-quarter length bust of a woman with a wreath of flowers and shamrocks in her hair, which is tied in a bun at the nape of her neck. A pencil annotation on the right states ‘Not Approved’. The top right is annotated ‘No. 2’ indicating that this was the second submitted proposal for a new figurehead.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport Dockyard, 1843-1859] The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book number S3081.
The figurehead is a three-quarter length bust of a woman with a wreath of flowers and shamrocks in her hair, which is tied in a bun at the nape of her neck. A pencil annotation on the right states ‘Not Approved’. The top right is annotated ‘No. 2’ indicating that this was the second submitted proposal for a new figurehead.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport Dockyard, 1843-1859] The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book number S3081.
Object Details
| ID: | DIC0063 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 24 May 1855 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 260 mm x 360 mm |
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