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Swift (1783) Long Caption: Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Swift (1783), a captured French merchant ship, as taken off and fitted as an 8-gun Brig Sloop for foreign service. The plan also records the spar and mast dimensions. Signed by Adam Hayes [Master Shipwright, Deptford Dockyard, 1755-1785 (died)]. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: ZAZ4854 Artist: unknown Date: 3 December 1783 Medium: technical drawing Size: 320 mm x 721 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.