Classification for the topmasts, yards, and sails for square-rigged Ships and Vessels of War

To scale, no scale mentioned. Plan showing the comparitive sizes of topmasts, yards and sails between the classes 1A to 19. These classes are the folio divisions within the volume. The standardised plans means that the mizzen mast for one ship may be the same as the main mast or the fore mast for another ship of a different class. The bottom of the plan specifically lists the following ships and which masts the diagram relates to. These shps are representatives of each of the classes listed in DDS0001 and DDS0002.

Royal Frederick [launched as Queen (1839)], Caledonia (1820), Asia (1824), Camperdown (1820) [ex Trafalgar, renamed 1825], Revenge (1805), Edinburgh (1811), Barham (1811), Winchester (1822), Endymion (1798), Seringapatam (1819), Thalia (1830), Vestal (1833), Calliope (1837), Daphne (1838), Tyne (1826), Pearl (1828), North Star (1824), Columbine (1826), Fly (1831), Childers (1827), and Waterwitch (1834),

Object Details

ID: DDS0022
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 15 February 1836
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 359 mm x 1465 mm
Parts: Box
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