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Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
Admiralty Compass Observatory
Albyn Line Ltd
Allen, Henry Reginald
Bax, Bonham Ward
Beatty, David
Bedford, Frederick George Denham
Birch, Albert Frederick
Board, Navy
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Bombay Office of the Board of Trade, Register General of Shipping and Seamen
Boteler, Thomas
Brent, Harry Woodfall
British Records Association
C. W. Kellock & Co
Cairn Line Of Steamships Limited
Chatfield, Alfred Ernle Montacute
Clifford, Henry
Codrington, Edward
Collection, Royal Cruising Club
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Collinson, Richard
Corbett, Julian Stafford
Cornwallis, William
Crickmay, William
d'Eyncourt, Eustace Henry William Tennyson
Dannreuther, Hubert Edward
Dannreuther, Hubert Harold
Dannreuther, Tristan
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Dewar, Kenneth Gilbert Balmain
Domvile, Barry Edward
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Furness Withy & Co Ltd
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General Steam Navigation Company
Godfrey, John Henry
Grimsby Steam Fishing Vessels Mutual Insurance And Protection Company Limited
Hamilton, Commander Archibald
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Hamilton, Louis Henry Keppel
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HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
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HMS Dryad Museum
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India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ceylon Conferences
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Lord-Macquitty Collection
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New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd
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Royal Navy Club Of 1765 & 1785
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Gay, Reginald Brighton, Chief Petty Officer, 1904-1975. (Manuscript)
1930-1975
RBG
Clifford, Henry, Chief Engineer, 1821-1905 (Manuscript)
1857-1905
CLF
Rayne, Geoffrey Middleton Randall, Commander, 1881-1945. (Manuscript)
1897-1915
RYN
Photograph album showing shipboard life during the First World War at sea and on leave. (Manuscript)
1914 - 191918
RYN/5
Uncatalogued: Osborne, Edward Oliver Brudenell Seymour, Vice-Admiral, 1883-1956 (Manuscript)
1851 -1918
MSS/77/078
Uncatalogued: Sheppard, Robert. F. Paymaster Commander, 1896-1980 (Manuscript)
1928-1944
MSS/80/124
Uncatalogued: March, Edgar J, Maritime Author, Fl. 1952-1970 (Manuscript)
circa 1860-1945
MSS/89/066
Letters & records of adoption of HMS WHIRLWIND by Lyndhurst, New Forest, during WWII. (Manuscript)
BTL/3/1
Letters & records of adoption of HMS WHIRLWIND by Lyndhurst, New Forest, during WWII. (Manuscript)
BTL/3/2
Engraving of “Castle and Bridge at Rochester”. (Manuscript)
BTL/4/3
Printed plan of Bombardment of Tamsui. (Manuscript)
1884
BTL/4/7
Sketch by R.B. Hall, Portsmouth, who was drowned in 1828. (Manuscript)
BTL/4/5
Sepia drawing of Malta Harbour showing warships at anchor by E.H. Thurlove, R.N. (Manuscript)
BTL/4/10
“The True Briton” newspaper 31 March 1800. (Manuscript)
1800-03-31
BTL/4/11
Papers of The National Institution for Preservation of Life from Shipwreck 1824-1852 (Manuscript)
1824-1852
RNLI
Drawings and plans by artists outside the Boteler family, and miscellaneous items. (Manuscript)
BTL/4
Oversize items in the Boteler collection made by others. (Manuscript)
BTL/4/8-11
Items relating to J. H. Boteler's sons Francis Wilford Boteler and William Boteler. (Manuscript)
BTL/3
Narrative of the Voyage of H.M. Vessels Leven and Barracouta by Thomas Boteler, and illustrations. (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1
Prints and drawings in the Boteler collection made by other artists. (Manuscript)
1747-1884
BTL/4/1-7
Items relating to the Battle of Navarino. (Manuscript)
1826-1827
BTL/1/2
Engraving of the “Ancient Royal Palace of Greenwich” by Barlow. (Manuscript)
BTL/4/1
Engraving of the “East view of Sheerness”. (Manuscript)
BTL/4/2
Frontispiece of HMS RACER by J.H. Boteler's son, Midshipman William Boteler. (Manuscript)
BTL/3/3
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