Gibraltar (1754)

Scale; 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Gibraltar (1754), a 20-gun Sixth Rate, similar to the body of the captured French privateer Tyger (no date) taken in the previous war. The includes later pencil alterations.

A note on the plan records that the deck height was increased along the lines for Seaford (1754) for the Aldborough (1756) and Flamborough (1756) 20-gun Sixth Rates of the same class as Gibraltar.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3974
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Gibraltar (1754)
Date made: 1753; 4 September 1753
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 360 mm x 1030 mm