San Carlos (captured 1779)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for San Carlos (captured 1779), a captured Spanish privateer, as taken off prior to being fitted as a 20-gun armed storeship. She was pierced for more guns than she carried under British ownership. According to David Lyon she had been captured mounting 50-guns.

Signed by John Henslow [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1775-1784].

Reverse: Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for San Carlos (captured 1779).

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1796
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: San Carlos (captured 1779)
Date made: 1780; 22 September 1780
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 469 mm x 994 mm