18-gun Brig Sloops of the Cruiser/Cruizer design ordered between 1802-1808

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with midship framing and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 18-gun Brigs similar to the Cruizer (1796). The plan relates to Scorpion (1803), Despatch (1804), Musquito (1804), Scout (1804), Minorca (1805), Aramanthe (1804), Espoir (1804), Surinam (1805), Wolverine (1805), Calypso (1805), Moselle (1804), Swallow (1805), Weazle (1805), Ferret (1806), Racehorse (1806), Rover (1808), Avon (1805), Belette (1806), Leveret (1806), Mutine (1806), Emulous (1806), Columbine (1806), Pandora (1806), Forester (1806), Redwing (1806), Raleigh (1806), Frolick (1806), Peacock (1806), Ringdove (1806), Sappho (1806), Recruit (1806), Grasshopper (1806), Philomel (1806), Cephalus (1807), Alacrity (1806), Clio (1807), Procris (1806), Royalist (1807), Primrose (1807), Foxhound (1806), Carnation (1807), Derwent (1807), Eclair (1807), Eclipse (1807), Barracouta (1807), Nautilus (1807), Pilot (1807), Sparrowhawk (1807), Zenobia (1807), Magnet (1807), Peruvian (1808), Pelorus (1808), Dotterell (1808), Arachne (1809), Persian (1809), Castilian (1809), Charybdis (1809), Trinculo (1809), Crane (1809), Echo (1809), Hecate (1809), Scylla (1809), Sophie (1809), Thracian (1809), and Rifleman (1809).

Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1893-1813].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4607
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Columbine (1806)
Date made: 1 December 1802; 1802
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 373 mm x 1056 mm