Berwick (1775); Bombay Castle 1782); Powerful (1783); Defiance (1783)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard decoration and name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Berwick (1775), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Portsmouth Dockyard. The plan was later approved for Bombay Castle (1782), Powerful (1783), and Defiance (1783) of the same class.

Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784], and Edward Hunt [1778-1784].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ0825
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Berwick (1775); Bombay Castle (1782) Defiance (1783) Powerful (1783)
Date made: 1775; 1775-9
People: Williams, John; Hunt, Edward
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 628 mm x 1721 mm