Indignant (1805); Desperate (1805); Rebuff (1805); Safeguard (1804); Charger (1801)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the part profile amidships, a part upper deck and part lower deck, and a section through the mortar bed for Indignant (1805) and Desperate (1805), both 14-gun Brigs refitted as mortar bomb vessels at Deptford in 1809. The plan was later used for Charger (1801), Rebuff (1805) and Safeguard (1804), also 14-gun gunbrigs, for receiving an 8 inch mortar at Woolwich, Chatham and an unknown yard respectively.

Signed by Robert John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 1806-1813].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4694
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Desperate (1805); Indignant (1805) Charger (1801) Rebuff (1805) Safeguard (1804)
Date made: 1809; 3 July 1809
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 550 mm x 370 mm