Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849)

Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849), all 28-gun Sixth Rate ships. Spartan (1841) was later deleted, once built and Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849) were added in 1841.This was prior to Niobe (1849) being re-ordered as one of the Diamond class Sixth Rate in March 1846. Signed W[illiam] Symonds (Surveyor of the Navy)
Annotation in the middle of the plan: "The Alterations in the after Bitts wheel + Bulkhead from a sketch dated Somerset House 24 Novr 43."

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3529
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Amethyst (1844); Creole 1845 Niobe (1849)
Date made: 1839
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 308 mm x 937 mm