Formidable (1825); Ganges (1821)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth as altered for Formidable (1825), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, based on the lines of the captured French Second Rate Canopus (ex Le Franklin). The plan was further altered in November 1816 for Ganges (1821), an 84-gun Second Rate, two-decker, and a copy dispatched to Bombay.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ0487
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Canopus (captured 1798); Ganges (1821) Formidable (1825)
Date made: 1815
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 640 x 1930 mm