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HMS 'Glatton' (1795), ex East India Company, 'Glatton' Long Caption: Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan, showing the layout of accomadation including the mens prison for 'Glatton' (1795), a converted East India Company ship, a 54-gun, Forth Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Chatham Dockyard as a convict transport. Signed David Polhill (Master Shipwright, 1801-1803) 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. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: ZAZ3482 Artist: unknown Date: 24th July 1802 Medium: technical drawing Size: 271 mm x 1090 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.