Fortune (1778); Shark (1779)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline with decoration detail and name on the stern counter, sheer lines and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Fortune (1778), a 14-gun Ship Sloop, as built at Woolwich Dockyard.

Signed by George White [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1778-1779]

In November 1778 the plan was proposed and approved for building the Shark (1779) at Hull by Messrs Nicholas and Thomas Walton.

Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5078
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Fortune (1778)
Date made: circa August 1778
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 368 mm x 974 mm