Bienfaisant (1758)

Scale 1:96. A drawing of the 3rd rate 64 gun warship Bienfaisant ex the French Le Bienfaisant (captured 1758) as converted to a prison ship, made by Edward Sison at Plymouth Dockyard and dated July 1794. Showing plans of the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck and orlop deck. With the inscription: 'Plans of the Bienfaisant as fitted for a Prison ship at Plymouth Yard'.

Object Details

ID: NPD0611
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: July 1794
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 552 mm x 590 mm