Vernon (1832)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with platforms and sections, illustrating the stowage of ballast, barrels and tanks fitted on Vernon (1832), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate.

Signed by James Atkins [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1839-1848].

NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 229, states that 'Vernon' was docked at Sheerness Dockyard on 29 October 1840, undocked on 10 November, and sailed on 14 March 1841 having been fitted for sea. Most of the money was spent on the rigging and stores.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1834
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Vernon (1832)
Date made: 12 March 1841; 1841
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 552 mm x 1451 mm