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Quater deck and forecastle plan for 'Sapphire' (1827) Long Caption: Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle, with covered waist, for 'Sapphire' (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to being converted to a troopship Maker: James Wicher. NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that 'Sapphire' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard on 4 August 1838 and docked on 20 October 1839. She was undocked on 27 September 1938, and sailed on 3 November 1839 after being refitted for troops. The cost was £5,541. Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: ZAZ3371 Artist: James Wicher Date: 1839 Medium: technical drawing Size: 305 mm x 842 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.