Nuestra Senora De Pilar De Saragosa Y Santiago (no date)
This plan on parchement depicts the Spanish sixty gun, two decker, naval vessel Nuestra Senora De Pilar De Saragosa.
Although drawn to scale the image is more a sketch than a plan, detailing the positions of the gunports and shape of the hull. The letters on the plan allude to various parts of the vessel, such as the sternpost and hawsepipe as in the detailed key above the drawing.
A rough translation of the text at the bottom of the plan reads: "This ship is named Nuestra Señora de Pilar y Santiago, a royal vessel of the Navy of this kingdom, which was built in the town of Santa María de Reos del Mar, governing these kingdoms and the said state and army in the year... on the 25th of August of the year 1668. And the task of launching it into the sea was completed on the said 8th of November of the said year, being Viceroy and Captain General in this Principality of Catalonia, the..."
Although drawn to scale the image is more a sketch than a plan, detailing the positions of the gunports and shape of the hull. The letters on the plan allude to various parts of the vessel, such as the sternpost and hawsepipe as in the detailed key above the drawing.
A rough translation of the text at the bottom of the plan reads: "This ship is named Nuestra Señora de Pilar y Santiago, a royal vessel of the Navy of this kingdom, which was built in the town of Santa María de Reos del Mar, governing these kingdoms and the said state and army in the year... on the 25th of August of the year 1668. And the task of launching it into the sea was completed on the said 8th of November of the said year, being Viceroy and Captain General in this Principality of Catalonia, the..."
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Object details
| ID: | ANN0056 |
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| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Materials: | Vellum; Black ink Brown colour wash Yellow colour wash |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | Dated: 25 August 1668 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 548 mm x 1524 mm |
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