Inflexible (1845)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing three view: the starboard side stern board outline, starboard quarter galleries, and the bow, head, trail-board and figurehead for Inflexible (1845), a 6-gun wooden First Class paddle sloop. This is a Devonport copy sent to the Admiralty for approval.
The colour-washed figurehead is a bust of a bearded sailor wearing a short blue jacket, white shirt and black silk, and brimmed sennet (straw) hat. The trail-board has no carvings proposed. Cornucopia have been drawn in pencil between the windows of the stern windows and the quarter galleries.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport, 1843-1859]. The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book numbers S1278 / 1476. This figurehead was approved by William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy (1832-1848).
The colour-washed figurehead is a bust of a bearded sailor wearing a short blue jacket, white shirt and black silk, and brimmed sennet (straw) hat. The trail-board has no carvings proposed. Cornucopia have been drawn in pencil between the windows of the stern windows and the quarter galleries.
Signed by W. Edye [Master Shipwright, Devonport, 1843-1859]. The plan includes an Admiralty Letter Book numbers S1278 / 1476. This figurehead was approved by William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy (1832-1848).
Object Details
| ID: | DIC0120 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Gormully, J. |
| Date made: | June 1844 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 217 mm x 541 mm |
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