Description: | Another copy of the 98 and 74 Gunships Timbers (except the Floors, Transoms, Stem and Stern Post) were prepared and sent to [blank] in July 1805. / Another of the 74 Gunships Timbers only (except the Transoms, Stem and Stern Post) were sent to [blank] in August 1805. /
Another of the 98 and 74 Gunships with a 38 Gunships, were sent to New South Wales 11th January 1808 in lieu of a former sketch, lost. / Another of the 98, 74, and 38 Gunships was forwarded to Mr Jones at Portsmouth 6 March 1811 who had orders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope to procure Timber for the Navy.
Copies of these Eight Sketches of the timbers of a 98 and of a 74 Gun Ship, were sent to the Treasury to be forwarded by the Glatton to the colony of New South Wales, 11th June 1802.
Same time similar Sketches of the Timbers of a 38 Gun Frigate from Sir William Rule's Drawing Room.
Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the first, double, and second futtock timbers at Stations 33, 30, 25, 15, midship, H, O, S, and X for 74-gun Third Rates. The plan includes a guide for procuring timber at the different lengths. Copies were sent to New South Wales in June 1802, and again in 1808 as the copy had been lost. Another copy was sent to Cape of Good Hope in 1811 for procuring timber for the navy.
caption: Futtock timbers for 74-gun Ships |