26 ft and 27ft Gunboat (1803)<br><p>Scale: 1:24.  Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 26ft (modified to 27ft) Gunboat to be built by Contract.  The plan states that the six gunboats were fitted with a 12 pounder carronade, as suggested by Captain Edward Pelham Brenton [Commander RN, seniority 29 April 1802; Captain RN, seniority 13 December 1808].  A copy was sent to a number of private yards in 1803,  recalled to be altered and resent.  Further copies to private yards were dispatched in 1808.<br></p>
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13 July 1803<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1803-07-13T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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