Unnamed West India Steam Ship (circa 1840)
No scale. Drawing showing the frame plan for an unnamed West India Steam Ship (1840) building by Mr Duncan of Greenock.
Inscriptions:
"A drawing descriptive of the mode of trussing the West India Steam Ships now in building by Mr Duncan of Greenock and others, shewing the truss pieces between the timbers and the wrought iron bands 4" x 3/4" let their whole thickness into the inside of the timbers, their angles being so placed as to afford support from the 3 neutral points in the longitudinal position of the body".
Inscriptions:
"A drawing descriptive of the mode of trussing the West India Steam Ships now in building by Mr Duncan of Greenock and others, shewing the truss pieces between the timbers and the wrought iron bands 4" x 3/4" let their whole thickness into the inside of the timbers, their angles being so placed as to afford support from the 3 neutral points in the longitudinal position of the body".
Object Details
| ID: | MSA0124 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Blessley, William |
| Date made: | 17 August 1840 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 381 mm x 1490 mm |
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