Adder (1797); Contest (1797); Crash (1797); Spiteful (1797)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with midship framing, longitudinal half-breadth, and plan and section for a sliding keel for Adder (1797), Contest (1797), Crash (1797) and Crash (1797), all 14-gun brig-rigged gunboats to be built by Mrs Frances Barnard & Co at Deptford. Note that Adder was lengthened by 22ft between May and June 1797 on the slip.

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

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4974
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Adder (1797); Crash (1797) Contest (1797) Spiteful (1797)
Date made: 13 February 1797; 1797
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 300 mm x 806 mm