Repulse (captured 1759)

Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for Repulse (captured 1759), a captured French Frigate, as repairing and fitting at Limehouse by Mr Batson for a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate. Initialled J.W (Surveyor of the Navy).

NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 272, states that 'Repulse' was named by Admiralty Order dated 19 June 1759. Repulse was resurveyed afloat on 6 March 1770 and found to need between Small and Middling Repairs. She arrived at Mr Bateson's Yard on the River Thames on 16 November 1770 and was docked on 18 November. Repulse was surveyed in dock on 5 December 1770 and found to want a very large repair, estimated to cost £5,246. She was undocked on 24 December 1772 having undergone Middling to Large Repairs at the cost of £10,121.7s.10d. She sailed to Deptford Dockyard to be fitted for sea.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3120
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Repulse (captured 1759)
Date made: circa 1759-1760
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 325 mm x 883 mm