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Description: | N. B. In cutting down Windsor Castle the alterations of the head Ce. in this drawing are to be conformed to , as near as works to the ship in its present state will admit, observing to have three sheer strakes in midships, by which the waist Stantions can be sevred, without cutting through the gangways, and such alteration and are made in carrying on the works, to be distinguished in green lines, and Draught to be returned to this office. [Signed by] J. Tucker, R. Seppings.
The Chocks and Howse holes in red are agreeable to the Windsor Castle as pr Draught
Scale 1:48. A plan showing outboard sheer (no waterlines) for 'Princess Royal' (1773), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, illustrating the alterations to be made in cutting her down to a 74-gun, Third Rate, two-decker. However, she was broken up in 1807 instead. The plan was later used in 1814 for cutting down the 'Windsor Castle' (1790), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, to a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
Signed William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
caption: Princess Royal (1773), Windsor Castle (1790) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Henry William Windsor Castle (1790) Princess Royal (1773) sheer legs Peake Rule | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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