Cormorant class (1793) and Rosamond Class (1805), both 16-gun Ship Sloops, later Sixth Rates.
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for the Comorant class: Comorant (1794), Favourite (1794), Hornet (1794), Hazard (1794), Lark (1794), Lynx (1794), Stock (1796), Cherub (1806), Minstral (1807), Blossom (1806), Favourite (1806), Sapphire (1806), Wanderer (1806), Partridge (1809), Tweed (1807), Egeria (1807), Ranger (1807), and Rosamond class: Rosamond (1807), Acorn (1807), Fawn (1807), Myrtle (1807), Racoon (1808), Hesper (1809), and North Star (1810), all 16-gun Ship Sloops. The plan illustrates the body plan and sheer lines of the captured French Sixth Rate Amazon (captured 1745), from which these two classes derived. The class, as originally proposed, are shown as the black lines; the green ticked lines indicate the later design to which the class was built, The red ticked lines refer to Amazon (captured 1745).
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
The plan does not list the following Cormorant class ships: Hyacinth (1806), Herald (1806), Sabrina (1806), Dauntless (1808), Jalouse (1809) and Anacreon (1813), or Serpent (cancelled 1810).
Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
The plan does not list the following Cormorant class ships: Hyacinth (1806), Herald (1806), Sabrina (1806), Dauntless (1808), Jalouse (1809) and Anacreon (1813), or Serpent (cancelled 1810).
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Object Details
ID: | ZAZ4625 |
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Collection: | Ship Plans |
Type: | Technical drawing |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Acorn (1807); Blossom (1806) Cormorant (1794) Cherub (1806) Favorite 1806 Favourite (1794) Fawn (1807) Egeria (1807) Hazard (1794) Hornet (1794) Hesper (1809) Lark (1794) Lynx (1794) North Star (1810) Minstrel (1807) Partridge (1809) Myrtle (1807) Rosamond (1807) Ranger (1807) Racoon (1808) Sapphire (1806) Stork (1796) Tweed (1807) Wanderer (1806) |
Date made: | 1793; 4 March 1793 |
Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 376 mm x 1052 mm |