Rippon (1735); Superb (1736)

Sale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for Rippon (1735), a modified 1719 Eastablishment 60-gun Fourth Rate. Alterations, dated 22 May 17323, included the masts, quarterdeck ports and roundhouse bulkhead. The plan also illustrates the lines (in red) for the Superb (1736), a 1733 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rate, as sent from Plymouth Dockyard.

NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 164 states that 'Superb' (1736) arrived at Plymouth Dockyard on 12 October 1741 and was docked on 25 March 1742. She sailed on 27 May 1743.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1608
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Rippon (1735); Superb (1736)
Date made: 1730
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 473 mm x 1423 mm