| Description | 31b. Dover Packet No. 6, Ferret (PU & PV). May 1831, May 1835. 7 items.
Two 25 horse side lever boat engines, with 30¼ inch cylinders, 2½ foot strokes. Boat re-named Swallow 1837.
Sections of the boat (sent by the builders?); cross-section showing engines and paddles, plan of the engine deck beams and longitudinal section of the engine room, plan and section of sleepers and engine platform, gangway wale and paddle casing - drawings made in the London office; rough sketch of part of working gear; small sketch of ? and calculations, May 1835.
For H. M. Post Office, Dover station. The boat was re-named Swallow in 1837 when the Navy took over the Post Office packet fleet. These drawings were kept in the London office and sent to Soho at a later date.
See also: Portfolio 5/1131. |