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Description: | Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile for Licorne (1778), a captured Frigate as modified for a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate. Note that many of the French design charecteristics are still evident.
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.
caption: LICORNE FL.1778 [FRENCH] | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | captured) Licorne fl.1778 (French inboard profile plans | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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