Sovereign of the Seas (not built?)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth (proposed?) for the Sovereign of the Seas (not built?), a 130-gun First Rate, three-decker. The vessel represented is larger than the Royal Albert (ordered in 1842), which was the largest pure sailing warship to be designed. However, it does not match the dimensions of the Royal Albert, or any other vessel of that Rate. Both vessels were designed by Oliver Lang, Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard at that time, so may have been a design thread. The name on the plan is in Oliver Lang's handwriting, but as a given name it has no provenance, and does not feature in the current literature.

The plan has been damaged at some time, and so the bottom right corner is missing. The missing section goes from the midship area of the half-breadth up to the fifth waterline on the sheer lines and across.

Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1826-1853].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ0129
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Sovereign of the Seas (not built)
Date made: 1833; 6 May 1833
People: Lang, Oliver W.
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 745 mm x 2234 mm