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

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and fore & aft platforms for Adder (1797), Contest (1797), Crash (1797), and Spiteful (1797), all 14-gun brig-rigged gun vessels building at Deptford by [Mrs Frances] Barnard & Co. The Adder was later lengthened by 22ft in June 1797 (see ZAZ4976).

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

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4975
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Adder (1797); Crash (1797) Contest (1797) Spiteful (1797)
Date made: 1797; 20 February 1797
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 475 mm x 573 mm