'Grafton' (1750); 'Somerset' (1748); 'Northumberland' (1750); 'Orford' (1749); 'Swiftsure' (1750); 'Vanguard' (1748); 'Buckingham' (1751)

Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for a 70-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as prepared by the Master Shipwrights of Chatham Dockyard, Deptford Dockyard, Portsmouth Dockyard, Woolwich Dockyard, and Sheerness Dockyard, and approved by Sir John Norris and other flag officers. Later used for 'Grafton' (1750), 'Somerset' (1748), 'Northumberland' (1750), 'Orford' (1749), 'Swiftsure' (1750), 'Vanguard' (1748), and 'Buckingham' (1751), all 70-gun (later 68-gun) Third Rate, two-deckers.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1394
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Buckingham (1751); Grafton (1750) Orford (1749) Northumberland (1750) Somerset (1748) Swiftsure (1750)
Date made: 1745
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 512 x 1462 mm