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Viper (captured 1794)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and long longitudinal half-breadth for Viper (captured 1794), a captured French brig sloop, as taken off at Portsmouth prior to conversion to an 18-gun brig sloop.
Signed by Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1793-1799].
Attached to the plan is a table of the mast and yard dimensions dated 3 April 1794. A false keel was added in 1796 to improve her weatherly handling and when in stays at the request of Captain May.
Signed by Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1793-1799].
Attached to the plan is a table of the mast and yard dimensions dated 3 April 1794. A false keel was added in 1796 to improve her weatherly handling and when in stays at the request of Captain May.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAZ4118 |
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| Collection: | Ship Plans |
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Viper (1793, captured 1794) |
| Date made: | 1794; 3 April 1794 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 319 mm x 939 mm |