Unnamed 50ft iron coal barge for service in the Cape of Good Hope (1865)

Scale 1:16. Plan shows the midship section for a unnamed 50ft iron coal barge to be used in the Cape of Good Hope. The plan bears the signature of John Ford and has been stamped with the name and address of Thames Iron Works. The title of the plan is "Midship Section of the Iron barges for H. M. Service at the Cape of Good Hope to carry 40 tons of coal in sacks".

Object Details

ID: NPC8909
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company; Ford, John
Date made: 24 June 1865
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 425 mm x 550 mm
Parts: Box