A Plan of the Crescent's Iron Ballast as stowed by the orders of Captain WM Ge Lobb. Deptford May 6th [17]99

A Plan of the ballast of the 'Crescent' as stowed by the orders of Captain W. M. Ge Lobb, at Deptford on 6 May 1799. The 888-ton frigate HMS 'Crescent' was built in 1784 at Bursledon. Her heaviest gun was an 18-pounder. William Granville Lobb ended his career as Commissioner of Sheerness Dockyard, where he died in 1814.

Object Details

ID: PAF6016
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dillon, W. H.
Places: Deptford
Date made: 6 May 1799
People: Pettigrew, T J
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 198 x 324 mm; Mount: 407 mm x 554 mm