Worcester (1735)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with lower deck fittings for Worcester (1735), a 1733 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. The plan also includes the fore & aft platforms, the fittings for the upper deck, and bulkhead elevations.

NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 174, states that 'Worcester' was begun at Portsmouth Dockyard on 13 November 1733, and was launched on 20 December 1735. She was fitted between 9 May and 24 June 1738. 'Worcester' then went to Plymouth dockyard, arriving on 12 September 1738, where she was docked between 12 and 14 April 1739. She sailed on 28 June 1739 having been refitted.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1615
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Worcester (1735)
Date made: circa 1738
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 530 mm x 1460 mm