'Thunderer' (1783); 'Terrible' (1785); 'Venerable' (1784); 'Victorious' (1785); 'Theseus' (1786); 'Ramillies' (1785); 'Hannibal' (1786)

Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Thunderer' (1783), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Deptford by Mr Wells. Copies were sent to various yards for building the 'Terrible' (1785), 'Venerable' (1784), 'Victorious' (1785), 'Theseus' (1786), 'Ramillies' (1785), and 'Hannibal' (1786).

The plan also records the alterations to the upper deck gun ports and channels for cutting the 74-gun Third Rates down to Frigates.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ0970
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Theseus (1786); Culloden (1776) Hannibal (1786) Ramillies (1785) Victorious (1785) Terrible (1785) Venerable (1784) Thunderer (1783)
Date made: 1 December 1781; 1781
People: Wells & Co.
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 437 x 1382 mm