Orpheus (1774)

Scale 1:96. Plan showing the quaterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, and lower deck for Orpheus (1774), a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate, as taken off at Plymouth Dockyard in September 1775.

NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 250, states that 'Orpheus' arrived at Plymouth Dockyard on 30 July 1774 and was docked on 2 August 1775. She was sheathed in copper and undocked on 9 August 1775, sailing on 30 August 1775 having been fitted. She was destroyed off Rhode Island on 5 August 1778.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3169
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Orpheus 1773
Date made: circa September 1775
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 339 mm x 467 mm