Proposal for 1745 Establishment 60-gun Fourth Rates.

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for building 60-gun ships for the Royal Navy. This Establishment, when approved, included Anson (1747), Saint Albans (1747), Tyger (1747), and Weymouth (1752), and in a modified version for Medway (1755) and York (1753).

Signed by Joseph Allen [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 1742-1746], John Ward [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1732-1752], Peirson Lock [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1742-1755 (died)], John Holland [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1742-1746], and John Pook [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1742-1751 (died)].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1676
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Anson (1747); Medway (1755) Saint Albans (1747) Tyger (1747) [alternative spelling: Tiger] Weymouth (1752) York (1753)
Date made: 1745; 18 November 1745
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 505 mm x 1425 mm
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