Ferret (1840); Philomel (1842)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half sternboard outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Ferret (1840) and Philomel (1842), both originally ordered as 8-gun packets, later completed as a brig (Ferret) and a survey vessel (Philomel).

Signed by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1848]

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5051
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ferret 1840; Philomel (1842)
Date made: 16 June 1837; 1837
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 364 mm x 1154 mm