The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Sheer Plan

Shipbuilding

A ship-construction drawing which show the side elevation, rail, planksheer, outlines of stem, stern, keel, and overhang. The water lines appear in this plan as straight lines, as do also the frame lines.

Working drawings of a vessel — body plan, sheer plan and half-breadth plan
Working drawings of a vessel — body plan, sheer plan and half-breadth plan
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