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.
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Object Details
ID: | ZAZ5279 |
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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 |