Diligence (1795); Harpy (1796); Hound (1796); Seagull (1795); Racoon (1795); Kangaroo (1795); Camelion/Cameleon (1795); Curlew (1795)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Diligence (1795), Harpy (1795), Hound (1795), Seagull (1795), and later for Racoon (1795), Kangaroo (1795), Camelion/Cameleon (1795) and Curlew (1795), all 16-gun, later 18-gun brig sloops.

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

Note that Seagull, Racoon, Kangaroo, Cameleon and Curlew were built of fir.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4626
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Harpy (1796); Racoon (1795) Kangaroo (1795) Hound (1796) Seagull (1795) Diligence (1795) Curlew (1795) Chameleon (1795)
Date made: 17 March 1795; 1795
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 369 mm x 1004 mm