Ganges (1821)

Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the outboard profile illustrating the standing rigging for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker. This plan may be a reference copy for Woolwich Dockyard, as Ganges was at Portsmouth during this period.

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

NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 92, states that 'Ganges' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 26 August 1829 and was docked on 24 September 1829 to have her copper replaced. She was undocked on 13 November 1829 and sailed on 18 Feburary 1831 having had defects rectified and having been fitted as a Guardship.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ0431
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ganges (1821)
Date made: 16 June 1830; 1830
People: Lang, Oliver W.
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 633 x 819 mm