Argonaut (captured 1782)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and orlop woith fore & aft platforms, and inboard profile to the waterline for Argonaut (captured 1782), a captured French Third Rate, as converted at Chatham Dockyard and fitted as an Hospital Ship.

Tthe ship was fitted again as an Hospital Ship in 1804, and a note on the plan records a Warrant dated 2 July 1817 being sent to add Jalousies [louvres] to the ports for the comfort of the patients, on the recommendation of Rear Admiral Rowley.

Signed by Edward Sison [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1795-1801]

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1947
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Argonaut (1779)
Date made: 1797
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 785 mm x 693 mm