'Justitia' (1807)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an incomplete profile illustrating the manner of fitting trusses in the gunports and hold of 'Justitia' (1807), a captured Danish Third Rate, in preperation for an experiment to illustrate Sepping's diagonal bracing. The plan also records the effects of the experiement on the hull, decks and the trusses.

Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1803-1823].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1253
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Justitia (captured 1807)
Date made: 15 February 1817; 1817
People: Diddams, Nicholas
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 293 x 1230 mm
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