Britannia (1840), Acadia (1840), Caledonia (1840), Columbia (1840), Centaur (unknown date).
Scale 1:96. Drawing showing the barque-rig sail plan, and dimensions of masts and spars 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 also includes the sail plan for Centaur (unknown date), a three-masted barque-rigged sailing (or paddle) vessel. The identity of Centaur is unknown. The 1841 Lloyd's Register of Shipping lists one - a schooner-rigged ship built by Wood & Co in 1839.
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.
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: | MSA0183 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Blessley, William |
| Date made: | 28 August 1840 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 506 mm x 980 mm |
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