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English: Guernsey (1740)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Guernsey (1740), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker.

Signed by John Ward [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1732-1752].

NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 223, states that 'Guernsey' was begun in March 1737 (Old Style). Order date not listed.

GUERNSEY 1740
Date 13 June 1737
date QS:P571,+1737-06-13T00:00:00Z/11
Dimensions Sheet: 452 mm x 1335 mm
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/81443
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Admiralty Curator Number: 1363
id number: ZAZ1652
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Ship Plans

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