H.M.S. Plover and Young Hebe. The two vessels which surveyed the Coast of China from Shanghae to Hong Kong, under Capt. Collinson, RN CB and Lieut Bate RN in 1842-43-44-45

A view of the ‘Plover’ (starboard broadside) at anchor and the ‘Young Hebe’ astern, both shown beside a coastal harbour with mountainous areas further afield. Several buildings can be seen scattered among the landscape. Coloured lithograph.
Lieutenant William Thornton Bate transferred from serving on ‘Plover’, commanded by Richard Collinson, to the command of the ‘Young Hebe’ (W R O’Bryne, ‘A Naval Biographical Dictionary’).

Object Details

ID: PAF8093
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ackermann, Rudolph
Vessels: Plover (1842); Young Hebe (1843)
Date made: 1842; 1843
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 277 x 344 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 558 mm
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