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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0340.0163 | 51ft MFV Commercial | 51ft forward wheelhouse MFV Spec 68 covers Designs 286 & 287 for Fisheries Division Port of Spain Trinidad Short Spec 118 1955 gives general details | D0286 | ||
| 0340.0164 | 51ft MFV Commercial | 51ft MFV Spec 68 covers Designs 286 & 287 for Fisheries Division Port of Spain Trinidad | D0287 | ||
| 0340.0249 | 51ft MFV Commerecial | 51ft Standard MFV (similar to D0286 Short Spec 118 1955 gives general details | D0371 | 1955 | |
| 0340.1314 | 52ft Commercial Pilot boat | 52ft wooden Pilot Boat Spec 818 01/08/75 for Luanda Angola | D2092 | 1975 | |
| 0340.0087 | 52ft Motor Barge Commercial | 52ft 30 ton Motor Barge Spec No number or date | D0207 | ||
| 0340.1308 | 52ft Motor Yacht GRP | 52ft GRP Twin Screw Motor Yacht Spec 803 23/05/73 Poseidon Hull Tylers | D2063 | 1973 | |
| 0340.1470 | 53 ft Motor Sailer | D1730 | |||
| 0340.1711 | 53ft Wooden Motor Sailer for McAllister | Australian Starfire tbc roll Found 04/03 | D1775a | ||
| 0340.0783 | 54ft Motor Cruiser | 54 ft Motor Cruiser High Speed | D0909 | ||
| 0340.1726 | 54ft Seagoing Mooring & Towing Launch Proposal | for D E Scarr Howden 1957 1 sheet for racking | D1832 | ||
| 0340.0074 | 56ft Barge Commercial | 56ft Tunnel Stern Barge Provisional Spec 57 No date for Browns | D0194 | ||
| 0340.0133 | 56ft Commercial Canal barge | 56ft Tunnel Stern canal Barge Spec 60 No date wooden | D0256 | ||
| 0340.0124 | 56ft Steel Barge | 56ft Tunnel Stern Steel Barge Brief Spec 56 No date for Browns | D0244 | ||
| 0340.0355 | 58ft 9in Commercial Motor Barge | 58ft 9in Shallow draft Motor barge Spec 115 15/03/55 | D0477 | ||
| 0340.0659 | 6 1/2 ton Racing Cruiser | D0784 | |||
| 0340.0380 | 6 ton Family Cruiser | 6 ton Family Cruiser | D0501 | ||
| 0340.0948 | 6 Tonner | Ballymoss tbc | 6 tonner for Tom Follett | D1075a | |
| 0340.1108 | 60ft R Motor Yacht | 60ft wooden glued ply T S Motor Yacht Spec 822 10/05/76 for K Steventon | D2113b | 1975 | |
| 0340.1265 | 60ft Steel Cruising Ketch | Spec 740 29/06/67 for A W Smith | D1819 | ||
| 0340.1554 | 60ft Stern Trawler | D2053 | 1973 | ||
| 0340.0632 | 62 ft Steel Motor Fishing Vessel Ketch rigged for D Tober | D0757 | |||
| 0340.0587 | 63 ft 6in Sita II 40 ton Motor Yacht | Sita II | Spec 178 for N Nairn 18/06/56 tbc | D0712 | |
| 0340.0248 | 63ft MFV Commercial | 63 ft MFV slightly smaller version of D0409 Short Spec 118 1955 gives general details | D0370 | ||
| 0340.1107 | 63ft Steel MFV Commercial | 63ft Steel MFV Spec 852 01/07/91 for Bill Tober | D2289 | ||
| 0340.0287 | 67ft MFV Commercial | 67ft MFV Short Spec 118 1955 gives general details | D0409 | 1955 | |
| 0340.0364 | 68ft MFV Commercial | 68ft MFV Kelvin Hughes | D0486 | ||
| 0340.0357 | 68ft Research MFV | 68ft Kelvin Hughes Research MFV similar to D0482 Short Spec 118 1955 gives general details | D0479 | 1955 | |
| 0340.0034 | 6ft 6in COCKLE Mk II dinghy | 06ft 6in COCKLE Mk II Flat bottom Pram dinghy with full size section and building instructions, plywood | D0151a | ||
| 0340.0111 | 6ft 6in Dinghy | 06ft 6in x 3ft 8 1/2 in Dinghy tbc – 3 sheets | D0231a | ||
| 0340.0006 | 6ft 6in Lightweight Pram dinghy | 06ft 6in x 3ft 8 1/2 Chine ply light weight Pram Dinghy. Vee bottom; 2 sheets | D0112a | 1947 | |
| 0340.0053 | 6ft 6in LILLIPUT Dinghy | Lilliput | 6ft 6in LILLIPUT, Clinker Pram dinghy, Designed by AHB 1950 with building instructions and full size sections; 1 sheet | D0170a | 1950 |
| 0340.0282 | 6ft 6in Plywood dinghy | 06ft 6in SEA SPRAY ply pram dinghy designed to fit on fore deck. | D0404a | ||
| 0340.0107 | 6ft Deck stowage pram dinghy | 6ft ply deck stowage pram dinghy 11/11/52 | D0227a | ||
| 0340.0246 | 6ft Pram Dinghy | 06 ft Pram Dinghy Spec 75 | D0368a | ||
| 0340.0142 | 7 1/2 ton Ketch | 7 1/2 ton Ketch tbc | D0265 | ||
| 0340.0618 | 7 1/2 tonner | Dr L | D0743 | ||
| 0340.0381 | 7 ton CLIPPER Class | Martha McGuilda | 7 ton Ocean Racer 30ft 6in Stock Plan CLIPPER Class Spec 113 for Noel Thomas Spec 214 for J W N Jordan MARTHA Mc GILDA OF BURNHAM ON 187284 Built Priors 1956/4 with steel frames. Lloyds 100A1 Development of TAEPING | D0502a | 1955 |
| 0340.0136 | 7 ton Fast Cruiser SPARTAN Special | 7 ton Fast Cruiser Ocean Racer clinker construction SPARTAN refer back to D0209 | D0259a | 1953 | |
| 0340.0704 | 7 tonner Special | 7 tonner Special for Paul Ripard Jr Malta tbc 2 Sheets | D0830 | ||
| 0340.1604 | 7 Tonner Sail Plan | Masthead sail plan for 7 tonner Dimensions 30.5 x 24 x 8.8 x 5.75 ECOD tbc 27/9/63 | D1616 | 1963 | |
| 0340.1650 | 73 ft FV Sketch | p on tp Nov 1970 see D1949 73ft FV for Tasmania | D1950 | 1970 | |
| 0340.1657 | 73ft proposed Ocean Racer | 5/9/72 prelim sketch for racking | D2028 | ||
| 0340.1441 | 74ft Steel Ocean Cruising Ketch | D2323 | |||
| 0340.1731 | 75ft Racing Yacht for J Grubic | Australia Proposal drawings | D2036 | ||
| 0340.0353 | 75ft Research MFV | 75ft Kelvin Hughes Research MFV Short Spec 118 1955 gives general details | D0475 | ||
| 0340.0288 | 78 ton Ketch | 78 ton Ketch | D0410 | ||
| 0340.0440 | 7ft 3in Ply Pram dinghy | D0561 | |||
| 0340.0036 | 7ft Dinghy JIMMY | 7 ft JIMMY Clinker stem dinghy, wood, 20/01/50 – 1 sheet | D0153 | 1950 | |
| 0340.0090 | 7ft GRP Dinghy | 7ft GRP dinghy 03/07/52 tbc on stock list 1976 | D0210 | 1952 | |
| 0340.0118 | 7ft Pram dinghy | 07ft deck stowage ply pram Dinghy 01/02/53 | D0238 |