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Prince Henry (1747); Hampsire (1741); Leopard (1741)
Scale:1:48.
A comparrison plan between 1733 50-gun frigates, 1745 44-gun fifth rates, and a new design by the Master Shipwrights,
Body plans, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadths for Prince Henry (1747), a '1745 Establishment', 44-gun, fifth rate of two decks (shown by black ticks and green lines), for Hampshire (1741) and Leopard (1741) and other 1733 Establishment 50-gun, fourth-rates of two decks (shown by green ticks), and a new design as prepared by the master shipwrights at his Majesty's dockyards (red lines).
Annotations on the plan read:
"The black ticks and green lines: by the Dimensions in 1745 and similar to the Draught sent to the Admiralty 1st May 1745 by the Surveyor: a copy of which was sent to Mr Gorrill at Liverpool 1st November 1745. The Red Lines the Draught prepared for a 44 Gun Ship by the several Master Shipwright of his Majesty's Yards. The Green ticks : the Hampshire, Leopard and 50 Gun Ships by the Dimensions 1733."
A comparrison plan between 1733 50-gun frigates, 1745 44-gun fifth rates, and a new design by the Master Shipwrights,
Body plans, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadths for Prince Henry (1747), a '1745 Establishment', 44-gun, fifth rate of two decks (shown by black ticks and green lines), for Hampshire (1741) and Leopard (1741) and other 1733 Establishment 50-gun, fourth-rates of two decks (shown by green ticks), and a new design as prepared by the master shipwrights at his Majesty's dockyards (red lines).
Annotations on the plan read:
"The black ticks and green lines: by the Dimensions in 1745 and similar to the Draught sent to the Admiralty 1st May 1745 by the Surveyor: a copy of which was sent to Mr Gorrill at Liverpool 1st November 1745. The Red Lines the Draught prepared for a 44 Gun Ship by the several Master Shipwright of his Majesty's Yards. The Green ticks : the Hampshire, Leopard and 50 Gun Ships by the Dimensions 1733."
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAZ2207 |
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| Collection: | Ship Plans |
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Hampshire (1741); Leopard (1741) Prince Henry 1747 |
| Date made: | ca.1745 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 465 mm x 1230 mm |