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Euryalus (1853)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the bow, headrail, head and proposed figurehead for Euryalus (1853), a 51 (later 35) gun Fourth Rate, wooden screw frigate.
The figurehead is a three-quarter length bust of a bearded warrior facing forward, representing the Trojan warrior Euryalus. He is wearing a large plumed helmet and a square-necked scale chainmail shirt. The Museum has a model of the Euryalus with a similar figurehead carving – see SLR0100.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport, 1843-1859]. The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book number S53-55.
The figurehead is a three-quarter length bust of a bearded warrior facing forward, representing the Trojan warrior Euryalus. He is wearing a large plumed helmet and a square-necked scale chainmail shirt. The Museum has a model of the Euryalus with a similar figurehead carving – see SLR0100.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport, 1843-1859]. The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book number S53-55.
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Object Details
| ID: | DIC0085 |
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| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 29 December 1854 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 275 mm x 332 mm |
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