Ganges (1782)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Ganges (1782), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as agreed by the 'General Court of the the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies' [East India Company]. The East India Company paid for the construction of the ship, and the Admiralty paid for the additional works.

Signed by Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1135
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ganges (1782)
Date made: 12 July 1779; 1779
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 599 mm x 1808 mm