Dart (1796); Arrow (1796)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Dart (1796) and Arrow (1796), both 20-28-gun Ship Sloops fitted with sliding keels. The plan shows the ships as built at Redbridge, Southampton, in 1796, and fitted at Portsmouth between October 1796 and February 1797. The deck is divided into two, the top half showing the beams and bolts of the clamps, and the lower half illustrating the deck planking.

NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 656, states that 'Arrow' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 28 September 1796 and was docked on 4 October. She sailed having been fitted on 25 February 1797. She was further refitted between January and April 1798.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 656, states that 'Dart; arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 18 October 1796 and was docked on 20 November. She sailed having been fitted on 27 February 1797. She was further refitted at Portsmouth between June and December 1797.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ3537
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Arrow (1796); Dart (1796)
Date made: 1796
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 298 mm x 921 mm
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