10-gun brigs of the Cherokee/Rolla class to be built in Royal Dockyards between 1823 and 1838 (see description for the names).

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing disposition (profile) for Leveret (1825); Musquito (1825); Hearty (1824); Myrtle (1825); Lapwing (1825); Sheldrake (1825); Algerine (1829); Rapid (1829); Harpy (1825); Fairy (1826); Reindeer (1829); Espoir (1826); Recruit (1826); Calypso (1826, renamed Hyena); Skylark (1826); Rolla (1829); Spey (1827); Pigeon (1827, as Variable); Briseis (1829; Delight (1829); Thais (1829); Partridge (1829); Curlew (1830); Nautilus (1830); Savage (1830); Wizard (1830); Saracen (1831); Charybdis (1831); Scorpion (1832); Termagant (1838); Buzzard (1834); Griffon (cancelled 1828); Lynx (1833); Forester (1832); Forester (cancelled 1830); Sealark (cancelled 1831), Foxhound (cancelled 1831); Helena (cancelled 1831); Calypso (cancelled 1831); Halcyon (cancelled 1831), all 10-gun brigs or brigantines of the Cherokee/Cadmus/Rolla class design to be built in Royal Dockyards. Copies of this plan were sent to the yards in September 1824.

An annotation in pencil states: "The outside plank in wake of the Chain bolts in all small vessesl to be of African timber } General"

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5132
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Espoir (1826)
Date made: 1823
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 238 mm x 693 mm