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Plan of HMS 'Elephant' (1786) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, with alterations dated 1817, for cutting down (razee) HMS 'Elephant' (1786), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, to a 58-gun Fourth Rate Frigate. The plan shows the original outline when Elephant was a 74-gun ship. The 1817 alterations occurred after a visit to Portsmouth dockyard by Robert Seppings. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: ZAZ1071 Artist: Edward Hunt (Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784) Medium: technical drawing Size: 398 mm x 1135 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.