Skip to main content
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Royal Museums Greenwich
Main navigation
Menu
Royal Museums Greenwich
Search
Close
Plan your visit
Back
Plan your visit
Tickets and prices
Getting here
Accessibility
Family visits
Group visits
School visits
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Adult: £22 | Child: £11
Members go free
Free
National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Free
Queen's House
Queen's House
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Royal Observatory
Royal Observatory
Open daily 10am-6pm
Last entry 5.15pm
Adult: £24 | Child: £12
Members go free
What's on
Back
What's on
Exhibitions
For families
Member events
Talks and tours
National Maritime Museum
Exhibitions
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition
See the world's greatest space photography at the National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Events and festivals
World Ocean Day
A family-friendly celebration of our ocean at the National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Family fun
Astronomers Take Over
This brand-new interactive gallery gives curious minds aged 4 to 104 the space to play, learn and explore!
Stories
Back
Stories
Maritime history
Space and astronomy
Art and culture
The ocean
Time
Royal history
Must-see artworks in the Queen's House
What to look out for in the inspiring new take on the Queen’s House’s displays in 2026
How to see the 12 August 2026 partial solar eclipse
Learn more about the best solar eclipse visible from the UK and Ireland so far this century, when around 90% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon
Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
Collections
Back
Collections
Conservation
Research
Donating items to our collection
Collections Online
Search our online database and explore our objects, paintings, archives and library collections from home
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio
Caird Library
Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
Learn
Back
Learn
School trips and workshops
Self-guided school visits
Online resources and activities
Booking an on-site schools session
Booking a digital schools session
Young people and youth groups
Support us
Back
Support us
Become a member
Donate
Corporate partnerships
Become a patron
Leave a legacy
Commemoration and celebration
Our sites
Cutty Sark
National Maritime Museum
Queen's House
Royal Observatory
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Beta
Back to all results
Explore our Collection
Objects
Library
Archive
Search our collection
filters…
Search
Item Category
Select…
Item Category
Item Category
Fine art
Fine art
Show all
Albums
Drawings
Miniatures
Oil paintings
Prints
Sketchbooks
Watercolours
Apply Filter
Apply Filter
Type
Select…
Type
Type
documentary artifact: ship plan: armour, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: asdic trunk & office
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: body(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: conning tower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, boat(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, flight
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, flying
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, gallery
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, gallery lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, gallery upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, gun
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, hanger
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, hanger lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, hanger upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, hurricane
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, middle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, orlop
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform no 1
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, protective
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, shelter
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, spar
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, superstructure
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: expansion of shell plating
documentary artifact: ship plan: general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: holes in bottom
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: outer hull
documentary artifact: ship plan: plating, expansion of outer bottom
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard(starboard)
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, outboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, outboard(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: pumping and draining, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: rig, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: rig, profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: rudder
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(20)
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(144)
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(engine room)
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(forward bomb room)
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: shell expansion
documentary artifact: ship plan: ventilation, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: watertight compartments, general arrangement
Drawing
Technical drawing
technical drawing
Uncatalogued
Watercolour
water transport: exploration/research vessel: experimental vessel
water transport: exploration/research vessel: experimental vessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier, fleet (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier, light fleet (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, broadside (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, turret (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 3rd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, heavy (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, minelaying (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, protected (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer, flotilla leader (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, 2nd class composite (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, composite steam
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, steam (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel, composite (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel, steam (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: minelayer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, paddle (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: tug, paddle (HMS)
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: troopship, paddle (HMS)
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht, royal (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: coastguard vessel (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: depot ship, coal (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: depot ship, destroyer (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: depot ship, submarine (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: repair ship (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: storeship (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: tender (RAFA)
Apply Filter
Materials
Select…
Materials
Materials
black ink
black washes
blue, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid paper
blue ink
blue wash
brown wash
brush drawing
burnt sienna ink
coloured ink wash
Colour washes
colour washes
cream, medium, slightly textured, antique laid paper
cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade, antique laid paper
cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid (?) paper
cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid(?) paper
cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid (est.) paper
cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid paper
cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid paper.
cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade laid paper
Drafting cloth
drafting cloth
drawing
drawing ink
gel lithograph
Gouache highlights
Graphite
graphite
graphite and ink technical drawing
graphite and ink technical drawing
Graphite Colour washes
green ink
green wash
grey wash
handcolur washes
ink
ink and graphite technical drawing
Ink correction
ink correction
Ink corrections
ink corrections
ink technical drawing
ink technical drawing, manuscript iron gall ink
ink wash
Iron gall ink
iron gall ink
irongall ink
irongall manuscript ink
linen
linen (waxed)
Linen backed paper
linen backed paper
Manuscript ink
manuscript ink
Manuscript ink (also on verso)
manuscript iron gall ink
manuscript irongall ink
orange wash
Paper
paper
pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, graphite underdrawing, white highlights
pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, graphite underdrawing
pen and brown ink, graphite underdrawing
pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, graphite underdrawing
pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, brush and grey wash, graphite underdrawing . Cream, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid paper.
pen and washes, blue and black ink on wove paper (verso watercolour and grey wash, graphite underdrawing, black ink inscription, faint stamp)
pencil
pink wash
print of pencil drawing
red ink
red wash
Technical drawing
technical drawing
tracing paper
vermillion ink
wash off print and technical drawing
watercolor, bodycolour and ink washes with ink outline, graphite underdrawing (verso: graphite, ink inscription at edge), on wove paper
watercolour, with graphite, pen & ink, on thin drawing board
watercolour, with graphite under-drawing
watercolour over graphite underdrawing
watercolour with graphite, pen & ink, heightened with white, on thin drawing board
waxed linen
yellow ink
yellow wash
Apply Filter
Display Location
Select…
Display Location
Display Location
Not on display
Apply Filter
Creator
Select…
Creator
Creator
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd
Barnes, F K
Bernes, F K
Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd
Burn, Gerald
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Cannock, H
Chief Constructor
Cook, John Kingsley
Cross, E.
Deadman, H E
Director General Ships
Director of Naval Construction
Duddy, M
Edge, J
Euer, H
Evenden, H
Flaxman, John
Glenn, C. P.
Goody, W.
Hall, H O
Harding, A
Harland & Wolff Ltd
HM Admiralty
Hufill, A
J. & G. Thomson & Co
James, W
John Brown & Company Ltd
John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd
Johns, A W
Lacy, A W
Laird, John
Laird Brothers
Ollis, Y B
Peake, James
Pledge, Henry
Plum
Pocock, Nicholas
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd
Robinson, M. S.
Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Stephen, Alexander, & Co
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Symonds
Thornton, P.
Underhill, Harold A.
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Vickers-Armstrong Limited
Walker, B.
Walker, W.
Watts, Philip
Waverley, R V
White, M.
White, W A
Whiting, M T
William Beardmore & Company
William Denny and Brothers Limited
Williams, R V
Wilnish, J I
Worsley, John Godfrey Bernard
Worthington, A M
Wyllie, William Lionel
Yates
Apply Filter
Places
Select…
Places
Places
Barrow-in-Furness
Belfast
Birkenhead
Blyth
Chatham Dockyard
Chiswick
Clydebank
Dalmuir
Deptford Dockyard
Devonport Dockyard
Dumbarton
Glasgow
Greenock
Hebburn
Linthouse
Marlag 'O', Germany
Newcastle upon Tyne
Pembroke Dock
Pembroke Dockyard
Portsmouth Dockyard
Sheerness Dockyard
Somerset House
The Admiralty
Wallsend
Apply Filter
Vessels
Select…
Vessels
Vessels
Abdiel (1915)
Abdiel (1940)
Acheron (1838)
Acheron (1947)
Active (1869)
Adamant (1911)
Adastral (1919)
Adventure (1855)
Aetna (1883)
Agamemnon (1879)
Agincourt (1865)
Ajax (1880)
Ajax (1934)
Alaric (1946)
Alarm (1845)
Alaunia (1925)
Albacore (1883)
Alban (1826)
Albert (1840)
Albion (1842)
Albion (1947)
Aldenham (1941)
Alecto (1839)
Alecto (1882)
Alert (1856)
Alexandra (1907)
Algerine (1857)
Alligator (cancelled 1863)
Amazon (1865)
Amelia (1851)
Amethyst (1943)
Amphion (1934)
Amphion (1944)
Amphitrite (1898)
Angler (1897)
Anson (1940)
Ant (1873)
Antelope (1846)
Antelope (1893)
Antelope (1929)
Antony (1929)
Antrim (1903)
Apollo (1891)
Apollo (1934)
Apollo (1943)
Aquarius (1900)
Arab (1874)
Arab (1901)
Archer (1849)
Archer (1885)
Ardent (1841)
Ardent (1894)
Ardent (1913)
Ardent (1929)
Arethusa (1849)
Arethusa (1882)
Arethusa (1913)
Arethusa (1934)
Argonaut (1898)
Argonaut (1941)
Argus (1849)
Argus (1904)
Argus (1917)
Ariadne (1816)
Ariadne (1859)
Ariadne (1898)
Ariadne (1943)
Ariel (1873)
Ark Royal (1914)
Ark Royal (1937)
Boxer (1894)
Bruizer (1895)
Constance (1846)
Cuckoo (1873)
Galatea (1859)
Galatea (1934)
Hawkins 1917
Hyaena 1873
Jaseur (1857)
Jasper (1857)
Latona (1940)
Leander (1882)
Lee (1857)
Leopard class frigate group record
Leven (1857)
Lily (1874)
Manxman (1940)
Mistletoe 1883
Octavia (1849)
Phaeton (1883)
Phaeton (1934)
Polyphemus (1840)
Porpoise (1886)
Prometheus (1839)
Salisbury class (1953-1959) frigate group record
Slaney (1857)
Spartiate (1898)
Sydney (1934)
Wasp (1850)
Watchful (1883)
Weazel (1873)
Welshman (1940)
Zephyr (1873)
Apply Filter
Exhibition
Select…
Exhibition
Exhibition
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
War Artists at Sea
Apply Filter
People
Select…
People
People
A. & J. Inglis Ltd
Angear, J.
Barnaby, Nathaniel
Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd
Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd
C. J. Mare & Co
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Cross, E.
Davies, L. G.
Deadman, H. E.
Deptford Dockyard
Edye, John
Elliott, J.
Euer, H
Evenden, H
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Harding, A
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
HM Dockyard, Chatham
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
HM Dockyard, Sheerness
J. & G. Thomson & Co
John Brown & Company Ltd
John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd
Johns, Arthur W.
Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Ltd
Laird Brothers
Laird Brothers Ltd
Large, Joseph
Nelson, Horatio
Owen, W.
Peake, James
Pembroke Dockyard
Plymouth Dockyard
Pocock, Nicholas
R. & H. Green Ltd, Richard & Henry
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd
Reed, Edward James
Richie, G & M, Co Ltd
Robert Napier & Sons
Robinson, Robert Spencer
S. P. Austin & Son Ltd
Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Stephen, Alexander, & Co
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co
Underhill, Harold A.
Underhill Collection
Vickers, Sons & Maxim
Vickers-Armstrong Limited
Watts, Isaac
Watts, Philip
Westwood Bailey
William Beardmore & Company
William Denny and Brothers Limited
Woolwich Dockyard
Apply Filter
Date Range
Select…
Date Range
Date From
Select...
1810
1834
1835
1836
1838
1839
1840
1841
1847
1849
1850
1856
1857
1858
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1877
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1900
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1909
1910
1912
1914
1915
1918
1920
1924
1927
1930
1931
1932
1934
1935
1939
1941
1942
1944
1945
1947
1948
1950
1955
1959
6550
Date To
Select...
7
1810
1834
1835
1836
1838
1839
1840
1841
1847
1849
1850
1856
1857
1858
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1877
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1900
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1909
1910
1912
1914
1915
1918
1920
1924
1927
1930
1931
1932
1934
1935
1939
1941
1942
1944
1945
1947
1948
1950
1955
1959
6559
Apply Filter
Show only:
With images
Applied Filters
drawing
Clear all
showing 401 objects results
Sort by
Relevance
Object title/name
Object title/name (desc)
Finding reference
Finding reference (desc)
Ardent (1894) (Technical drawing)
Ark Royal (1937) (Technical drawing)
Ark Royal (1937) (Technical drawing)
Argus (1849) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1913) (Technical drawing)
Adamant (1910) (Technical drawing)
Aldenham (1941) (Technical drawing)
Aldenham (1941) (Technical drawing)
Aldenham (1941) (Technical drawing)
Ariadne (1898) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1894) (Technical drawing)
H.M.S. "ARCHER" (1941) ("MORMACLAND") GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PROFILE FOR ARRANGEMENT OF BOATS (Technical drawing)
ARETHUSA (Technical drawing)
Alban (1826) (Technical drawing)
Amethyst (1943) (Technical drawing)
Amazon (1865) (Technical drawing)
Ant (1873) (Technical drawing)
Ant (1873) (Technical drawing)
Ant (1873) (Technical drawing)
'The Wreck' [of the Britannia']; illustration to Falconer's 'The Shipwreck' (1811 ed., f. p.127) (Drawing)
Topsail ketch (Drawing)
'The Gale Increasing'; illustration to Falconer's 'The Shipwreck' (1811 ed., f. p. 63) (Drawing)
Pen and ink drawing on tracing paper: Thames Iron Works fleet (Drawing)
A group of six fishing people with three children (Drawing)
First
Prev
…
Page
3
Page
4
Current page
5
Page
6
Page
7
…
Next
Last
Loading filters
Royal Museums Greenwich
Close
Search
Want to search our collection? Search here.
Back to top