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Lines & Profile plan for 'Seahorse' (1748) Long Caption: NMM, Progress Book, volume 2, folio 397, states that there was an Admiralty Order dated 23 August 1748 to name the new ship 'Seahorse'. 'Seahorse' was begun on 23 February 1748 at Harwich by Mr John Barnard. She was launched on 13 September 1748, and sailed on 6 October having cost £4,063.10s.0d. 'Seahorse' was fitted at Sheerness Dockyard between 10 October 1748 and February 1749. Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: ZAZ3624 Artist: unknown Date: 1747 Medium: technical drawing Size: 365 mm x 1040 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.