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Cruiser (1797) [alternative spelling: Cruizer (1797)]; Scorpion (1803)
Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a comparative elevation and gunport outline illustrating the method of fixing the carronades on board the Cruizer (1797) and Scorpion (1803), both 18-gun Brig Sloops. Scorpion was being fitted out at Sheerness after being launched at Dover on 17 October 1803.
Annotation top right: 'Dec 1803. The Carronades for the Scorpion was mounted too high and lower'd at Sheerness to the same height as those of the Cruizer - 32 pounders'.
Annotation top right: 'Dec 1803. The Carronades for the Scorpion was mounted too high and lower'd at Sheerness to the same height as those of the Cruizer - 32 pounders'.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAZ4576 |
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| Collection: | Ship Plans |
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Cruizer (1797); Scorpion (1803) |
| Date made: | Circa December 1803 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 372 mm x 472 mm |