Dobbie, William Hugh, Captain, 1771-1830.
This sub-collection consists of order and letterbooks, together with some loose letters and notebooks, from the later years of Dobbie’s career. The official correspondence relates to his command of HMS ARROGANT (1761) at Bombay Harbour and other events in the East Indies in 1805-1807, also his command of HMS ETHALION (1802) off the coast of Ireland and Portugal, in 1814-1815. The notebooks include a quarter, watch and station bill for HMS PACTOLUS (1813), commanded by Dobbie on the Bermuda station in 1816-1817. There are also some family letters and poems.
Object Details
| ID: | DBB/1-6 |
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| Type: | Manuscript |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1805-1910; 1805-1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 1 box |
| Parts: |
Dobbie family papers (Manuscript)
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