Pelican (captured 1781)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Pelican (captured 1781), a captured French privateer, as taken off at Plymouth Dockyard in March 1782, suggesting it is prior to being fitted as a 16-gun sloop.

Signed by John Henslow [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1775-1784].

Reverse: Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, fore & aft platforms and table of mast and yard dimensions for Pelican.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4919
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Frederic fl.1781 (French, captured); Pelican 1781
Date made: Post March 1782
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 328 mm x 876 mm