Comet (1807)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with alterations to the capstan position and anchor bitts, and a section through the after part of the Fire Room, for Comet (1807), an 18-gun Fireship (Sloop), building at Bideford by Mr William Taylor. The reverse of the plan also lists Thais (1806), Prometheus (1807), Erebus (1807), Tartarus (1807), and Lightning (1806), all 18-gun Fireships of the same class.

Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5557
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Comet (1807); Erebus (1807) Lightning (1806) Prometheus (1807) Thais (1806) Tartarus (1806)
Date made: 11 March 1806; 1806
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 322 mm x 968 mm
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