Brisk (1819); Charybdis (1831); Griffon (1832); Forester (1832)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile for cutting down for the Brisk (1819) and Charybdis (1831) at Portsmouth Dockyard, and later for Griffon (1832) and Forester (1832) at Chatham Dockyard, all 3-gun brigantines been altered from 10-gun brigs. On 4 May 1832, a copy was sent to Chatham for Griffon and Forester.

Signed by Robert Seppings [Sureyor of the Navy, 1813-1832]

NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 328, states that 'Charybdis' was in Portsmouth Dockyard in 1831 had had her guns refitted. Volume 7, folio 15, states that 'Brisk' arrived in Portsmouth Dockyard on 22 May 1829 and was docked on 23 February 1830. She was undocked on 3 June 1831 having undergone a small/middling repair. Neither volume refers to the ships having been cutdown.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ4982
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Charybdis (1831); Brisk (1819) Forester (1832) Griffon (1832)
Date made: 1 March 1831; 1831
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 272 mm x 852 mm
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