'Swiftsure' (1804); 'Victorious' (1808)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Swiftsure' (1804) and 'Victorious' (1808), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers, both to be built at Bucklers Hard by Messrs B & E Adams. The plan also shows alterations to the rudder on 'Swiftsure', while she was at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1815-6. The alterations were suggested by the ship's Captain - Captain William Henry Webly/Webley, appointed 20 September 1814 [Captain seniority: 29 April 1802].
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 130 states that 'Swiftsure' (1804) was at Portsmouth Dockyard between 18 August 1815 and September 1816.
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 130 states that 'Swiftsure' (1804) was at Portsmouth Dockyard between 18 August 1815 and September 1816.
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Object Details
ID: | ZAZ1334 |
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Collection: | Ship Plans |
Type: | Technical drawing |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Victorious (1808); Swiftsure (1804) |
Date made: | 1 September 1800; 1800 |
People: | Balthazar & Edward Adams |
Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 586 x 1780 mm |