Venus (1820); Melampus (1820); Amazon (1821); Minerva (1820); Latona (1821); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Aeolus (1828) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Hebe (1826); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Fox (1829); Proserpine (1830); Mercury (1826); Penelope (1829); Thalia (1830); Daedalus (1826); Diana (1822); Mermaid (1825); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) proposed (and used) for Venus (1820), Melampus (1820), Amazon (1821), Minerva (1820), Latona (1821), Nereus (1821), Hamadryad (1823), Aeolus (1828) [alternative spelling: Eolus], Thisbe (1824), Hebe (1826), Cerberus (1827), Circe (1827), Clyde (1828), Fox (1829), Proserpine (1830), Mercury (1826), Penelope (1829), Thalia (1830), Daedalus (1826), Diana (1822), Mermaid (1825), Thames (1823), and Unicorn (1824), all 46-gun Fifth Rate Frigates ordered or building by 1817 with the Seppings 'circular stern'. The plan illustrates alternative ways of constructing the frames where conditions allowed.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1970
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Diana (1822); Daedalus (1826) Mermaid (1825) Thames (1823) Unicorn (1824) Thalia (1830) Penelope (1829) Hamadryad (1823) Nereus (1821) Latona (1821) Minerva (1820) Melampus (1820) Amazon (1821) Venus (1820) Mercury (1826) Proserpine (1830) Fox (1829) Clyde (1828) Circe (1827) Thisbe (1824) Aeolus (1825)
Date made: 1817
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 342 mm x 1316 mm