L class destroyers

Scale 1:48. Plan shows the inboard profile, as designed, for the L class destroyers. The plan also shows the vessel with its original 4.7 inch guns before they were changed to 4 inch guns. The drawing bears the signature of Sir Stanley Vernon Goodall [Director of Naval Construction 1936-1944]. This plan relates to the vessels Laforey (1941), Lance (1940), Larne (1940), Lively (1941), Legion (1939), Lightning (1940), Lookout (1940) and Loyal (1941). Larne would be renamed Gurkha in 1940.

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ID:	NPC8746
Type:	Technical drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	HM Admiralty; Director of Naval Construction Goodall, Stanley Vernon
Vessels:	Laforey (1941); Lance (1940) Lively (1940) Legion (1939) Lightning (1940) Lookout (1940) Loyal (1941) Gurkha (1940)
Date made:	March 1939
People:	Goodall, Stanley Vernon
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 885 mm x 2875 mm
Parts:	Box L class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8741) L class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8742) L class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8743) L class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8744) L class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8745) L class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8746) Laforey (1941) (Technical drawing) (NPC8747) Laforey (1941) (Technical drawing) (NPC8748) Laforey (1941) (Technical drawing) (NPC8749) Laforey (1941) (Technical drawing) (NPC8750) Battle class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8751) Tribal class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8752) Tribal class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8753) Tribal class destroyers (Technical drawing) (NPC8754) Lightning (1823) (Technical drawing) (NPC8755)

L class destroyers

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