Infexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. The design was similar to the 74-gun Albion (1763).

Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784]

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1467
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Africa (1781); Dictator (1783) Inflexible (1780) Sceptre (1781)
Date made: 1777; 21 February 1777
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 536 mm x 1700 mm