Unnamed Buss (1752)

Scale: 1:48. A contemporary copy of a plan showing the body plan, annotated deck plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed Buss, for the Society of the Free British Fishery.

Original signed by John Lockman (1698-1771) [Secretary to the Free British Fishery Society, author, translator and poet - see Oxford National Biographical Dictionary].

[See article: 'Patriotic Commerce and National Revival: The Free British Fishery Society and British Politics, c.1749-58', by Bob Harris, The English Historical Review, 1999]

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5843
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 28 January 1752
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 386 mm x 555 mm