Cynthia (1796)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, midship plan and section of the keel box, sheer lines with some inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Cynthia (1796), a 16-gun Sloop fitted with three sliding keels, at Rotherhithe by Messrs Wells.

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

Note that the bottom of the plan is missing, affecting the longitudnal half-breadth and keel box midship section.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4540
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Cynthia (1796)
Date made: 1795; 21 October 1795
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 385 mm x 1080 mm