Docking drawing for an unidentified vessel

Scale 1:96. An ozatrace copy of a plan showing the details of shaped side blocks used for docking an unknown vessel. An annotation on the drawing reds "In arranging for docking in large floating or graving docks where breast shores may be too long to afford the necessary support.... side blocks shaped to conform to the contours of the ships... are to be employed".

Object Details

ID: NPD2952
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: HM Admiralty; Construction, Department of Naval
Date made: August 1946
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 570 mm x 2100 mm
Parts: Box