Perdrix (captured 1795)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration and name in a cartouche on the counter, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Perdrix (captured 1795), a captured French Gabare/Corvette, prior to being broken up in 1799 at Deptford Dockyard. Note the pronounced 'V' shaped cross-section in the body plan.

Signed by Thomas Pollard [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 1795-1799].

NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 753, states that 'Perdrix' (1795) arrived at Deptford Dockyard on 22 July 1799 and docked on 1 August to have her copper removed. The ship was then taken to pieces on 10 September 1799.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3617
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Perdrix (captured 1795)
Date made: 1799
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 406 mm x 1160 mm