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Description: | Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for a 70-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as prepared by the Master Shipwrights of Chatham Dockyard, Deptford Dockyard, Portsmouth Dockyard, Woolwich Dockyard, and Sheerness Dockyard, and approved by Sir John Norris and other flag officers. Later used for 'Grafton' (1750), 'Somerset' (1748), 'Northumberland' (1750), 'Orford' (1749), 'Swiftsure' (1750), 'Vanguard' (1748), and 'Buckingham' (1751), all 70-gun (later 68-gun) Third Rate, two-deckers.
Traditional repair.
caption: 'Grafton' (1750); 'Somerset' (1748); 'Northumberland' (1750); 'Orford' (1749); 'Swiftsure' (1750); 'Vanguard' (1748); 'Buckingham' (1751) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Somerset (1748) Northumberland (1750) Grafton (1750) Buckingham (1750) Swiftsure (1750) lines (ship plans) Orford (1749) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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