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Imperieuse (captured 1804)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the bow, head, trailboard and figurehead for Imperieuse (captured 1804), a captured Spanish 40-gun frigate. The bust figurehead is a female facing forward wearing a tiara and pearls in her long hair. A double pearl necklace sits around her neck above the top-line of a flowing gown.
Signed by Joseph Tucker and Initialled by William Rule.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 329 states that 'Imperieuse' (1804) arrived at Plymouth Dockyard in October 1804 and was docked in February 1806 to be recoppered. She was launched in October 1806 and sailed in November 1806, having had a "large repair & fitted". After capture she was renamed 'Iphigenia' before being named again as 'Imperieuse'.
Signed by Joseph Tucker and Initialled by William Rule.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 329 states that 'Imperieuse' (1804) arrived at Plymouth Dockyard in October 1804 and was docked in February 1806 to be recoppered. She was launched in October 1806 and sailed in November 1806, having had a "large repair & fitted". After capture she was renamed 'Iphigenia' before being named again as 'Imperieuse'.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAZ2584 |
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| Collection: | Ship Plans |
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Imperieuse (captured 1804) |
| Date made: | July 1806; ca.1810 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 430 mm x 500 mm |