50ft Lighter (circa 1788)

Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed [and approved] for a fifty foot lighter, for service in Woolwich Dockyard. Note she was built with the modifications in dotted lines.

Signed by John Nelson [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1787-1790].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ5973
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 8 October 1787
People: Nelson, John
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 477 x 586 mm