28ft Gunboat (1804)<br><p>Scale: 1:24.  Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 28ft Gunboat to be built by Contract.  A copy was sent to Mr Courthorp at Rotherhithe to build one gunboat.
</p><p>Attached is a letter, dated 18 June 1804, relating to a request for a gunboat of Captain Brenton's design to be given to Melpomene (captured 1794) in place of a launch.<br></p>
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Circa June-July 1804
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