26 ft and 27ft Gunboat (1803)

Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 26ft (modified to 27ft) Gunboat to be built by Contract. The plan states that the six gunboats were fitted with a 12 pounder carronade, as suggested by Captain Edward Pelham Brenton [Commander RN, seniority 29 April 1802; Captain RN, seniority 13 December 1808]. A copy was sent to a number of private yards in 1803, recalled to be altered and resent. Further copies to private yards were dispatched in 1808.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5275
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 13 July 1803
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 254 mm x 535 mm