Unnamed 178ft proposed steam block ship (1845)

Scale 1:48. Plan shows the inboard profile of a 72 gun ship proposed to be fitted as a steam block ship. The drawing states the ship is fitted with screw propellers of 500 Horsepower. Annotatations on the plan state that if the engine is placed in midships the bulkheads in the hold to be as showed in red lines. If placed in the aft hold gold the engines is shown in green lines. The plan is fragile and torn.

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ID:	NPC9091
Type:	Technical drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Date made:	9 August 1845
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 440 mm x 1430 mm
Parts:	Box Unnamed 280ft turret ship of 3325 Tons (1865) (Technical drawing) (NPC9084) Unnamed 250ft design for royal yacht (1868) (Technical drawing) (NPC9085) Unnamed proposed 300ft twin screw protected sea going torpedo vessel (1882) (Technical drawing) (NPC9086) Unnamed proposed 300ft twin screw protected sea going torpedo vessel (1882) (Technical drawing) (NPC9087) Unnamed 2 masted steam powered store ship designed for the War Department (1865) (Technical drawing) (NPC9088) Unnamed 286ft 3 masted steam frigate (1865) (Technical drawing) (NPC9089) Unnamed fast iron corvette (1870) (Technical drawing) (NPC9090) Unnamed 178ft proposed steam block ship (1845) (Technical drawing) (NPC9091)

Unnamed 178ft proposed steam block ship (1845)

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