Ardent (1764); Raisonnable (1768) [alternative spelling: Raisonable]

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with quarter gallery decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Ardent (1764) at Hull, and later for Raisonnable (1768), both 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.

Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1771], and John Clevland [Secretary to the Admiralty].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1501
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Raisonnable (1768) [Alternative spelling: Raisonable]; Ardent (1764)
Date made: 1762; 5 January 1762
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 534 mm x 1599 mm