Unnamed 161ft, 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker (no date)

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Unnamed 161ft, 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker (no date) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer line, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed 161ft, 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker. Note the open stern gallery, which would date it to before 1800, and the dimensions do not match any 80-gun warship built for the Royal Navy. On reverse: (in ink) '80-guns proposed Wm Gauntlett' [Quarterman to the Shipwrights, and later Foreman of Shipwrights at Chatham Dockyard, 1765]. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: HIL0163 Artist: William Gauntlett Date: mid to late 18th century Medium: technical drawing Size: 572 x 1550 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.