'Mars' (1794); 'Centaur' (1797)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Mars' (1794) and 'Centaur' (1797), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. While this draught is for one (unnamed) ship, both were ordered on 17 January 1788 to the same design.

Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1101
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Mars (1794); Centaur (1797)
Date made: 1788; 6 March 1788
People: Henslow, John
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 575 x 1768 mm