Cruiser/Cruizer class brig sloops launched from 1812 to 1815

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for the Cruiser/Cruizer class, 18-gun Brig Sloops (described as brigantines on the plan) launched between 1812 and 1815. Accordsing to the contemporary list on the reverse, this consisted of Childers (1812), Wasp (1812), Pelican (1812), Curlew (1812), Saracen (1812), Fairy (1812), Pandora (1813), Bacchus (1813), Espiegle (1812), Satellite (1812), Arab (1812), Heron (1812), Dispatch/Despatch (1812), Espervier (1812), Argus (1813), Halcyon (1813), Challenger (1813), Victor (1814), Zebra (1815), Penguin (1813), Carnation (1813), Lynx (cancelled 1814?), Nimrod (18112), Alert (1813), Belette (1814), and Gannett (1814).

The plan also includes alterations in green to the deck beams for Gannet and Belette, dated December 1813.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4592
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: 279 mm x 767 mm