Merlin (1796); Pheasant (1798)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Merlin (1798) and Pheasant (1798), both 16-gun Ship Sloops to be built by contract in private yards.

Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3825
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Merlin (1796); Pheasant (1798)
Date made: 1795; 23 January 1795
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 366 mm x 1072 mm