Paddle Frigate PUNJAUB

[Thomas_Lundy]

Hello,

I have been searching for any sort of image depicting the paddle frigate PUNJAUB, built for the HEIC in 1854, but with no luck. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjaub_%28ship%29 for example for the story of the ship.

There are several very well know photos of her as the TWEED, but I have found not a single clear image of her before her engines were removed.

I do have the usual references at hand, including Browns Paddle Warships. No help here.

Any leads would be appreciated. Are the plans in England, India, or nowhere to be found?

[greateastern]

There is an oil painting of her at Greenwich the text -sans objet d'art--describing her is this:
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Description    A portrait of the tea clipper ‘The Tweed’ shown broadside-on. She was owned by Captain John Willis and in 1869 he commissioned a composite-built tea clipper that he hoped would outstrip all others, including the newly built ‘Thermopylae’. He enlisted the talents of a young designer, Hercules Linton, a partner in the recently established firm of Scott & Linton at Dumbarton. Captain Willis was so impressed with the performance of his favourite vessel, ‘The Tweed’, whose lines were reputedly descended from those of a French frigate that he aimed to develop a new ship building on her strengths. Linton was taken to see ‘The Tweed’ in dry dock, and it is certain that her lines influenced his design to some extent. Thus she was the inspiration for the design of the most famous tea clipper, ‘Cutty Sark’ who was given a very lean bow. The special modifications to the ‘Tweed’s’ design made the ‘Cutty Sark handle better and sail faster. ‘The Tweed’ was built at Moulmein originally for the Royal Indian Navy as a paddle wheel frigate named ‘Punjaub’. She was purchased by John Willis and Company in 1863 and fitted out as a barque. ‘The Tweed’ was chartered in 1864 by the Indian Government for the first Persian Gulf cable and again in 1869 for the duplicate cable.
Date made    19th century
  there were 3 "hits" but no plans displayed so it is possible that they exist at NMM. Worth an inquiry I shoud think. They "do" email.