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Immortalite (1859); Melpmene (1857)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans with sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Immortalite (1859) and Melpomene (1857), both 60-gun Large Frigates, which were re-ordered and lengthened as screw frigates in 1856. The plan includes the lengthening of the stern of the frigate from around this time.
Signed by John Edye [Assistant Surveyor to the Navy], Isaac Watts [Assistant Surveyor to the Navy], Baldwin Walker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1848-1860], James W D Dundas, MP [Rear-Admiral, Commissioner of the Red], John Hay [Chief Clark to the Admiralty].
Signed by John Edye [Assistant Surveyor to the Navy], Isaac Watts [Assistant Surveyor to the Navy], Baldwin Walker [Surveyor of the Navy, 1848-1860], James W D Dundas, MP [Rear-Admiral, Commissioner of the Red], John Hay [Chief Clark to the Admiralty].
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAZ1899 |
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| Collection: | Ship Plans |
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Immortalite (1859); Melpomene (1857) |
| Date made: | 1849; 28 May 1849 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 668 mm x 1967 mm |
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