Comet (1807)<br><p>Scale: 1:48.  Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with midship framing for building Comet (1807), an 18-gun Fireship (Sloop), at Bideford by Mr William Taylor.  This plan was sent to Mr Taylor, and returned to the Navy Office in October 1807.  The reverse of the plan also lists Thais (1806), Prometheus (1807), Erebus (1807), Tartarus (1807), and Lightning (1806), all 18-gun Fireships of the same class.
</p><p>Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813]<br></p>
COMET 1807
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