Pelter (1794), Aimwell (1794)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with midship framing and some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Pelter (1794) and Aimwell (1794), both 14-gun, 18-oared, two-masted gun vessel to be built by Mr John Perry & Sons at Blackwall. The reverse states that these were built at Blackwall in 1794 without sliding keels.

Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].

Note that the Admiralty Curator stamp refers to Swinger. However, the plan is specific to those two built by Perry, whereas Swinger was built by Hill & Mellish at Limehouse.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4894
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Swinger 1794
Date made: 1794; 7 March 1794
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 310 mm x 828 mm