Proposal for freeing boat skids, booms &c in case of shipwreck

No scale. Plan showing a plan view, and section for a proposed method of freeing the boat skids, booms, &c from the ship in certain cases of shipwreck or foundering, where the skids booms and casks are attached and used as liferafts for the ships company.

Attached to the plan is a letter of explanation by William Adams.

Object Details

ID: ZAZ6888
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Manuscript; Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, William
Date made: Dated: December 1801
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 386 mm x 459 mm
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