Wye (purchased 1855)

Scale 1:48. Plan shows the roundhouse, bridge and forecastle of the steam screw water tank distilling ship Wye (purchased 1855) to be fitted as a store ship at Chatham Dockyard. The plan has been signed by Oliver W. Lang [Master Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard 1858-1864]. This vessel was originally known as Hecla, before being purchased by the Admiralty and renamed Wye.

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ID:	NPC8964
Type:	Technical drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	HM Dockyard, Chatham; Lang, Oliver
Vessels:	Hecla (1855)
Date made:	21 August 1860; 6 October 1860
People:	Lang, Oliver W.
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 285 mm x 1420 mm
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Wye (purchased 1855)

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