Cruiser/Cruizer class, 18-gun Brig Sloops launched between 1812 and 1815

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the Cruiser/Cruizer class, 18-gun Brig Sloops (described as brigantines on some plans) launched between 1812 and 1815. This consisted of Childers (1812), Wasp (1812), Pelican (1812), Curlew (1812), Nimrod (1812), Saracen (1812), Fairy (1812), Pandora (1813), Bacchus (1813), Fly (1813), Espiegle (1812), Satellite (1812), Arab (1812), Heron (1812), Dispatch/Despatch (1812), Epervier (1812), Argus (1813), Halcyon (1813), Challenger (1813), Victor (1814), Zebra (1815), Penguin (1813), Carnation (1813), Lynx (cancelled 1814?), Jaseur (1813), Harrier (1813), Harlequin (1813), Alert (1813), Confiance (1813), Elk (1813), Ontario (1813), Belette (1814), Gannett (1814) and Grasshopper (1813).

Alterations in green in for the storage bins and red ink for the magazines was sent to the builder of Belette and Gannett in December 1813, and later Victor and Zebra building in Bombay [Mumbai].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4588
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Childers (1812)
Date made: 1811
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 288 mm x 743 mm