'Charles Galley' (1676)

Graduated bar scale. A plan showing the profile with frames of the 'Charles Galley' (1676), a 32-gun 'galley frigate'. She was the prototype of a design intended for use against the Barbary pirates in the western Mediterranean.

A contemporary note on the drawing reads 'The draught of His [Majesty's] Shipp the Charles Gally; Friggate Built by Mr Pett att Woollwich'.

Object Details

ID: HIS0097
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 210 mm x 750 mm (mounting 284 mm x 790 mm)