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Scorpion (1771)
Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Scorpion (1771), a purchased merchant ship. The plan includes alterations to the deck proposed for fitting as a fireship. It also records her under her fireship name of Aetna/Etna.
She was ultimately completed as a sloop and her name was changed from Aetna/Etna to relfect this change in use.
She was ultimately completed as a sloop and her name was changed from Aetna/Etna to relfect this change in use.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAZ4660 |
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| Collection: | Ship Plans |
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Scorpion (1771) |
| Date made: | 1771; 2 August 1771 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 367 mm x 998 mm |