Unnamed 55ft 1-gun gunboat (circa 1841)

Scale: 1:24. Body plan, midship section with diagonal planking, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for a 55ft 1-gun gunboat built for the flotilla at Bermuda. There are pencil annotations on the profile.

Signed by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1848]

A copy of this with sails and scantlings was sent to Canada on 18 August 1841.
Annotation: 'The Model of this boat was sent to Portsmouth to Sir Thomas Hastings [naval officer & inventor, 1786-1870]. 24 May 1843 by Order of Sir George Seymour [Third Naval Lord], 1841-1844].'

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5304
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Unnamed 55ft 1-gun gunboat (circa 1841)
Date made: 1841
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 458 mm x 1194 mm