Forte (1858)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck for Forte (1858), 51-gun wooden screw frigate. The plan was originally drawn for Chesapeake (1855), Forte (1858) and Aurora (1861), but this version was sent to Deptford Dockyard for building Forte. The plan includes alterations in red and blue that relate to an Admiralty sketch dated 30 December 1856.

Signed by Isaac Watts [Assistant Surveyor of the Navy] and John Edye [Assistant Surveyor of the Navy].

Object Details

ID: NPB2271
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Forte (1858)
Date made: 5 Sep 1855; February 1855, re dated 5 September 1855 February 1855
People: Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 445 mm x 1479 mm