Greyhound (1856)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the bow, head, head-rails and trail-board and figurehead for Greyhound (1859), a 17-gun screw sloop.
The figurehead is a full-length figure of a racing greyhound at full-stretch with its back paws resting on the lower cheek of the trail-board and the front paws on the top edge of the head.
The plan includes Admiralty Letter Book number S11709-56.
The figurehead is a full-length figure of a racing greyhound at full-stretch with its back paws resting on the lower cheek of the trail-board and the front paws on the top edge of the head.
The plan includes Admiralty Letter Book number S11709-56.
Object Details
| ID: | DIC0084 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Dickerson, Frederick |
| Date made: | 1856 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 215 mm x 303 mm |