Orpheus (1774)

Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Orpheus (1774), a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate to be built in a private yard.

Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1771].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3165
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Orpheus 1773
Date made: 1 January 1771; 1771
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 480 mm x 1323 mm