Melville (1817)

Scale 1:96. A drawing of the Black Prince Class 3rd rate 74 gun warship Melville (1817) as converted to a hospital ship, made at Portsmouth Dockyard and dated 15 April 1857. Showing elevation and plans of the weather, main, gun and orlop decks. With the inscriptions:
-'Arrangement for the Ventilators on the several decks of the Melville'
-'5 June 1857 Melville Ventilating Apparatus' (on reverse)

Object Details

ID: NPD0557
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 15 April 1857
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 860 mm x 685 mm