36ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1758)

Scale: 1:24. Plan showing midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 20-oared, 36ft flat-bottomed Boat (1758) to carry 50 soldiers and 20 seamen. These shallow-draught boats were to be used for transporting soldiers from the ships to the shore in amphibious operations. The most famous occasion in the Seven Years' War was the capture of Quebec in 1759 under Admiral Saunders and General Wolf.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5279
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: April 1758
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 365 mm x 531 mm
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