Niobe (1866)

Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the carved work on the bows proposed for Niobe (1866), a wooden screw sloop. It also includes a pencil annotation ‘Nothing by a scroll & Niobe’ and on a second line ‘NIOBE’ written inside a ribbon.

The carving is identical on each side, consisting of a stylised leaf scroll with a crown, bow and quiver of arrows in the scroll.

Signed by Alexander Moore [(Acting in 1864) Master Shipwright, Devonport Dockyard, 1865-]. The plan includes Admiralty Letter Book number DM 7181-64

Object Details

ID: DIC0067
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 28 December 1864
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 246 mm x 384 mm