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Plan of 'Elephant' (1786) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Elephant (1786), two-decker, 74-gun, Third Rate ship of war. She was Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 and it was as he was walking the starboard side of the quarterdeck that a Danish cannonball sent splinters flying around him. He remarked to another officer Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: ZAZ1070 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1786 Medium: technical drawing Size: 590 x 1690 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.