Notebook on gunnery, circa 1838.

Volume containing notes made by Dobbie as a lieutenant on the gunnery training ship HMS EXCELLENT ex BOYNE (1810), circa 1838. Including diagrams of different parts of a gun, carriage, corronade, lock, etc. and tables of ranges for different guns, elevations and types of shot. Also tables of fuses, cartridges, and other ordnance, made during a laboratory course.

Record Details

Item reference: DBB/110/4; DBB/110/2
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume
Date made: circa 1838
Creator: Dobbie, William Hugh
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London