The National Maritime Museum Cornwall holds an archive of plans by the well-known designer, Alan Buchanan which may be accessed on request. A summary of these is below. The list is work-in-progress as many of the plans are fragile or damaged and cataloguing is still under way.
To request more detail on any of these plans then contact us at library@nmmc.co.uk
| ID | Name | Vessel | Description | Design | Design Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.1407 | HALCYON Clipper | HALCYON Clipper Standard see drawing D1936 3 sheets only | D1966a | ||
| 0340.1514 | HALCYON CLIPPER 27 Special | 26 ft HALCYON CLIPPER 27 Special for North America 1972/ | D2012b | ||
| 0340.1403 | HALCYON CLIPPER GRP | Deluxe GRP Halcyon Clipper and Friendship Sloop for Offshore Yachts 10 s Cat | D1936a | ||
| 0340.1406 | HALYCON 23 mods | 23ft HALCYON 23 GRP New topsides marketed by Offshore Yachts Ltd 1967 See D 1334 | D1960a | ||
| 0340.0228 | Harbour Launch | Harbour Launch | D0350 | ||
| 0340.1429 | Harbour Launch Commercial | 21ft 5in Harbour Towing Launch | D2378 | ||
| 0340.0386 | Harbour Master Research vessel | Harbour Master Research Vessel | D0507 | ||
| 0340.0999 | High speed launch | 13 ft High Speed Launch | D1127 | ||
| 0340.1076 | High Speed Launch | 20ft High speed launch, chine seam batten construction Max. speed 20 knots Spec 419 no date – 2 sheets dated 1959 Cat | D1279 | ||
| 0340.1413 | High Speed Motor Yacht GRP | 25ft High Speed GRP Motor Yacht Z Drive for Silva Yates Ltd Probably marketed as Channel Islands Casquets 26 GH 10/16 | D2250 | ||
| 0340.0844 | HILBRE, WEST KIRBY O D | 19ft 9in x 6ft 6in Draft 1ft 7in to 4ft 6in C/B Sloop WEST KIRBY | D0970a | 1958 | |
| 0340.0896 | HOLLIWELL Class | 21ft 6in x 7ft draft 2ft 3in to 5ft HOLLIWELL Class Conventional sheer. Keel, centreboard Accommodation for two, Bermudan rig CB Sloop – 6 sheets Spec 305 for Stebbings | D1022a | ||
| 0340.1145 | HOLLIWELL Mk II/HALCYON 23 | 22.3 HOLLIWELL Cruising Yacht 21/10/70 GRP for Stebbings see also D1960 for later versions (HALCYON 23) CRYSTAL tbc GRP versions by built by Offshore Yachts ( 130 produced by 1969 Bristow’s . | D1334a | 1968 | |
| 0340.1397 | I/2 ton Cup Yacht GRP | Panda | 27ft GRP 1/2 ton Cup Racing PANDA GRP based on D1842) | D1883a | 1969 |
| 0340.0623 | Ian Major Speedboat | D0748 | |||
| 0340.1456 | Jersey Gig | Jersey Gig 2 sheets inc Lines plan ply construction | D2252 | ||
| 0340.0284 | Junior Offshore Group | Junior Offshore Group | D0406 | ||
| 0340.0674 | Keel plan for 9 Tonner | found | D0799 | ||
| 0340.0836 | Ketch | 64ft 46 ton Bermudian Ketch | D0962 | ||
| 0340.1546 | Ketch | 43 ton Ketch for Earl St Germans 20/10/63 Considered to be proposal prior to CHOUETTE D1624 | D1614b | ||
| 0340.0805 | Ketch | 68ft , 55 ton Ketch | D0931 | ||
| 0340.0669 | Ketch | Mossler | 30 ton Transom sterned Ketch Mossler Not believed to be A B design | D0794 | |
| 0340.1627 | Ketch Sail plan | 39 ft Ketch proposed Sail plan for George Wray 16/3/84 1 sheet only | D2210 | 1984 | |
| 0340.1185 | KING class type 3 Special | 37ft Express Cruiser Spec 572 05/10/61 for R Frogley | D1494 | ||
| 0340.1125 | KING COLE Class | Pied Piper of Burnham | 8 1/2 ton Motor Sailer 33ft KING COLE Spec 442 30/12/59 for Mr Town., Spec 593 for H Town. Built as PIED PIPER OF BURNHAM by King 1961 See D1254 for Engine Installation | D1293 | 1961 |
| 0340.1071 | KING COLE Engine installation | Pied Piper of Burnham | 27ft wooden Motor Sailer Spec 409 30/09/59 for H Town Built as PIED PIPER OF BURNHAM ON 303601 by King 1961 (CHECK with D1293 GH) Engine installion only | D1254a | 1959 |
| 0340.1623 | KING COLE Special | 28 ft 8 1/4 TM KING COLE for Group Capt Ryder | D1377b | ||
| 0340.0757 | Lalla Rooke | 72ft 75t LALLA ROOKE Ext GA | D0883 | ||
| 0340.0988 | Landing Craft Commercial | 90ft Landing Barge GA | D1115 | ||
| 0340.0862 | Launch | 22ft Demonstration Launch | D0988 | ||
| 0340.0824 | Launch | 16ft Rescue launch | D0950 | ||
| 0340.0601 | Launch | 28ft Beam 7ft 11in. Draft 2ft 7in. Harbour Master’s Launch, Morris Navigator Engine Speed: about 8 knots – 2 sheets | D0726 | ||
| 0340.1268 | Launch Commercial | 104ft Steel Passenger sight seeing vessel Spec 743 for Kitson & Co Bermuda. | D1844 | 1968 | |
| 0340.1226 | Launch Commercial | 25ft 9in Maintenance Launch Spec 671 21/04/64 for Loch Erne Drainage and Development | D1651 | ||
| 0340.0535 | Launch Commercial | 36 ft Passage Launch | D0660 | ||
| 0340.1092 | Launch Commercial | 76ft Steel Passenger sight seeing vessel Spec 748 24/04/68 for Kitson & Co Bermuda | D1852 | 1968 | |
| 0340.0627 | Launch Commercial | 60ft Passenger Launch | D0752 | ||
| 0340.0116 | Lifeboat | Lifeboat 17/01/53 tbc | D0236 | ||
| 0340.1472 | Light disp Motor sailer | 90ft Light displacement Motor Sailer proposal tbc | D1760 | ||
| 0340.1085 | Lighter Commercial | 250 ton Lighter Spec 613 04/10/62 for D E Scarr Ltd | D1560 | 1962 | |
| 0340.0339 | LILIAN Sail plan | Lilian Sail Plan not believed to be A B Designed | D0461 | ||
| 0340.0655 | Little Gauntlet | Little Gauntlet | D0780 | ||
| 0340.1440 | Livery Vessel for London River | D2321 | |||
| 0340.1219 | MARKEN II | 32ft 6in 7 ton MARKEN II Motor sailer Spec 657 24/09/63 for Dekker en Zonen Marken Brochure held for Mks I, II & III | D1590 | ||
| 0340.1375 | MARKEN II 10 M Steel Aux Sloop | 32ft 8in 10m Steel Aux.Sloop. Steel hull with conventional framing , steel decks with wooden cabin top masthead sloop (7 sheets ) for Dekker & Zonen | D1577a | ||
| 0340.1269 | MARKEN III Steel 1/2 Ton Cup Sloop | 35 ft Steel 1/2 ton Cup Design Racing Sloop 1967. Cut away profile and spade rudder. Light conventional steelwork wooden decks and cabintop (13 sheets) Spec 744 for Construction by Dekker en Zonen Racked 11/04 | D1805a | ||
| 0340.1382 | MARKEN III Yawl | 34ft 4in MARKEN lll Steel Yawl -built Dekker Amsterdam Marken brochure held. | D1636a | ||
| 0340.1333 | Mast head Yawl | Starfire of Kent | 53ft Mast Head Yawl Composite steel frames or laminated oak. Ocean / Racer Prov Spec 432 Gough Cooper Boardman Spec 482 Gough Cooper & Boardman 08/61 Built as STARFIRE OF KENT (LYR 1963) YM 1962/07 pp11 and CB 1998/05 pp 38 | D1251a | 1960 |
| 0340.1227 | Masthead Sloop | 31ft Steel Masthead cruising sloop, steel decks and cabin top Completion Spec 674 11/05/64 for 3 craft for G Albrecht 1 roll racked NYC | D1652a | ||
| 0340.1088 | MFV | 42ft MFV Spec 682 21/07/64 for F H Moss | D1666 |