Charybdis (1831); Forester (1832); Griffon (1832); Buzzard (1834); Lynx (1833); Termagant (1838)

Scale: 1:48 and full size. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and section through the iron plate for the swivelling long gun for Charybdis (1831), a 10-gun flush-decked brig, cut down and fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. This included moving the masts and giving them a greater rake, as part of re-rigging her as a brigantine. A copy of the plan was taken at Chatham Dockyard in 1832 for Griffin (1832) and Forester (1832), both completed as three-gun brigantines, recorded here in black ink. The alterations in green ink relate to the Buzzard (1834), Lynx (1833) and Termagant (1838), all building at Portsmouth Dockyard and completed as 3-gun brigantines (also known as hermaphrodite rig).

Signed by John Nolloth [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1823-1832]

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5171
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Charybdis (1831); Forester (1832) Griffon (1832)
Date made: 1832; 29 May 1832
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 549 mm x 790 mm