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Glatton (1795)
Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan Glatton (1795), a converted East India Company ship, a 54-gun, Forth Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a convict transport. The plan shows large gun ports on the upper deck to accomodate an all carronade armament. Signed David Polhill (Master Shipwright, 1801-1803)
Annoted on the reverse: "Glatton 54 Guns as fitted at Chatham in 1802 for carrying Convicts to Botany Bay."
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 603, states that 'Glatton' (1795) was an East India Company ship purchased in 1795 as a 56-gun Fourth Rate. She arrived at Chatham Dockyard on 1 April 1802 and was docked on 17 April for the cpper to be removed and recoppered. 'Glatton' was undocked on 20 March and sailed on 18 Augut 1802 having been fitted for short? sea.
Annoted on the reverse: "Glatton 54 Guns as fitted at Chatham in 1802 for carrying Convicts to Botany Bay."
NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 603, states that 'Glatton' (1795) was an East India Company ship purchased in 1795 as a 56-gun Fourth Rate. She arrived at Chatham Dockyard on 1 April 1802 and was docked on 17 April for the cpper to be removed and recoppered. 'Glatton' was undocked on 20 March and sailed on 18 Augut 1802 having been fitted for short? sea.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAZ3480 |
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| Collection: | Ship Plans |
| Type: | Technical drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Glatton (1795) |
| Date made: | 1802; 24th July 1802 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 366 mm x 1219 mm |