Deal Castle (1756)

Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck and fore & aft platforms for Deal Castle (1756), a 20-gun Sixth Rate. The plan illustrates her as taken off at Sheerness in August 1775 showing the State Room alterations to accommodate Sir Ralph Paine (1739-1807), the retired Governor-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands, 1772-1775. The plan also shows how the ship was to be returned to her correct configuration.

Signed by George White [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1773-1778].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3971
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Deal Castle (1756)
Date made: 14 September 1775; 1775
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 383 mm x 402 mm