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Description: | Phoebe as fitted for as a slop ship at Plymouth in Dec 1822
Scale 1:96. A drawing of the 36 gun frigate Phoebe (1795) for conversion to a slop ship at Plymouth, dated 6 December 1822. Showing plans of the lower deck and platform. Also relating to the similar conversion of the ex French frigate Desiree (1800) at Sheerness. With the inscriptions:
-'Plymouth Yard 6th December 1822 Plans of the Phoebe's lower deck and After platform as proposed to be fitted for a Slop Ship'
-'Proposed - The fore platform, magazine...to be taken away to allow a free circulation of air below'
-'11th March 1823 - A copy sent to Sheerness Offices for fitting the Desiree'
-'Phoebe as fitted for as a slop ship at Plymouth in Dec 1822' (on reverse) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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