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Description: | Scale 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration and name in a carbouche on the stern counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Licorne (1778), a captured French frigate, as taken off prior to fitting as a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate. The plan also includes a Mast and Yard dimensions table.
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 261, states that 'Licrone' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 30 June 1778 and was docked on 17 September 1778. She was undocked on 2 November 1778 and sailed on 27 January 1779 having been fitted for sea. The total cost was �4557.12s.0d. An Admiralty Order dated 21 October 1778 stated that the ship was to keep her French name. She was sold for �740 on 2 December 1783.
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caption: LICORNE FL.1778 [FRENCH] | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | profiles (ship plans) captured) Licorne fl.1778 (French lines (ship plans) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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