Platform

platform

NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 304, states that 'Solebay' was begun in May 1783 by Barnard & Adams, and launched 26 March 1785.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 246, states that 'Iris' was begun in January 1872 by Barnard, and launched 2 May 1783.

Not 'Andromache', as she had been launched in 1781.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ2907
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Platform
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Andromache (1781)
Date made: ca.1780
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 250 mm x 705 mm