Seringapatam (1819); Castor (1832)

Scale: 1:8. Plan showing the side and sectional elevations, and plan from below of a cable chain compressor, as fitted to Seringapatam (1819), a 46-gun Large Frigate, and to Castor (1832), a 36-gun Fifth Rate Frigate.

Signed by Richard Bonniwell [Inventor of this chain-cable compressor design].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ6710
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Castor (1832); Seringapatam (1819)
Date made: circa June 1832
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 505 mm x 753 mm