Shannon (1796), Maidstone (1796)

Scale 1:48. Plann showing the body plan, sheer lines with scroll figurehead and longitudinal half breadth proposed and approved for Shannon (1796), Maidstone (1796), both 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigats to be built of fir at Deptford Dockyard. The plan incorporates alterations to the quaterdeck and forecastle for fitting corronades.

Signed W.Rule and J.Henslow (Surveyors of the Navy).

Annotation in top right corner: "A Copy was sent to Deptford 26th February 1794 (sic) for Building the Shannon and Maidstone with fir agreeable to the Ports in Green Lines.-"

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3130
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Maidstone (1795); Shannon (1796)
Date made: 1775; 2 February 1795
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 527 mm x 1455 mm