Britannia (1840), Acadia (1840), Caledonia (1840), Columbia (1840)

Scale 1:48 and 1:24. Drawing showing the plan of upper deck and a section through the dining room to illustrate how light and air got to the cabins below for four wooden three-masted paddle steamers of the same class for Cunard (The British & North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Glasgow). These were Britannia (1840), built by Robert Duncan, Greenock; Acadia (1840), built by John Wood & Co, Port Glasgow; Caledonia (1840), built by Charles Wood, Dumbarton; and Columbia (1840), built by Robert Steele & Co, Greenock.

The plan includes the Admiralty Letter Book Number S4197 indicating that these were drawn for, and sent to, the Admiralty. William Blessley was a draughtsman at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1836.

Object Details

ID: MSA0182
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Blessley, William
Date made: 28 August 1840
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 374 mm x 1515 mm
Parts: Folder