Gibraltar (captured 1780)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sternboard with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker. The plan records alterations for fitting her as a British 74-gun Third Rate two-decker.

Signed by John Henslow [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1775-1784].

Reverse: Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, gun deck (lower deck), and orlop deck for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates the ship as she was fitted as a British 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ0754
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Gibraltar (captured 1780)
Date made: 17 June 1780; 1780
People: Henslow, John
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 690 mm x 1814 mm