Badger (purchased 1776)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board ourtline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Badger (purcahsed 1776), a 12-gun brig, as taken off at Portsmouth dockyard in June 1777. The plan includes a mast and yard dimensions table. This is not Horatio Nelson's first command as his ship, also called Badger as a replacement to this one, never visited Britain to be surveyed or refitted.

Signed by Edward Hunt [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1772-1777]

Reverse: Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and fore & aft platforms for Badger (purchased 1776) and scantling and armament details.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5143
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Badger (purchased 1776)
Date made: 1777
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 372 mm x 1071 mm
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