Sliding keel designs by Captain Schank for an unnamed boat (1774) and and unnamed cutter (no date)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the profile of a boat with one long sliding keel built at Boston in 1774 for Lord Percy, Duke of Northumberland; and a section and four profiles of a cutter (no cutter) illustrating how the sliding keels can be used depending upon the angle and strength of the wind. The plan has an explanation key.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ6302
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cleveley, Robert
Date made: 1789
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 423 x 578 mm
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