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Woolwich Dockyard (Manuscript)
18c
ADM/Y/W/15-16
Plan and drawing of the Pay Office Woolwich Dockyard 18 century?
Flinders, Matthew, Captain, 1774-1814 (Manuscript)
FLI/18/5
Pen and ink drawing showing huts and trees in Mauritius.
Letters from HMS EXPRESS. (Manuscript)
1877
LTO/5/10
Gibraltar. Includes an illustration cut from a newspaper of a shipwreck, and a small drawing.
[Chart of Spurness Passage, Orkney]. (Manuscript)
circa 1821
CMP/47/1/18
Chart drawn in ink showing Spurness Sound off the island of Sanday, Orkney, Scotland. Arrows indicate the direction of the flood and ebb of the tide. No date or signature has been added.
Drawings by Edward Henry Columbine, mainly showing locations in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, undated. (Manuscript)
circa 1800
CMP/50/2/8
Drawings by Edward Henry Columbine, mainly showing locations in Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, undated.
COM 02/9 View from Castle Hill, Hastings, undated
COM 02/10 Inside of the Roman church at Dover Castle
COM 02/11 Part of Battle Abbey (the Gatehouse)…
Sheerness Dockyard (Manuscript)
circa 1730
ADM/Y/S/54
Drawing of Piles, undated.
Flinders, Matthew, Captain, 1774-1814 (Manuscript)
FLI/18/4
Pencil drawing showing a view looking towards the sea from the shoulder of the of Le Pouce mountain, Mauritius.
Barlow has a severe illness as a result of his earlier head wound, and convalesces at a cook shop in Whitechapel, where he is put to work. (Manuscript)
1659
JOD/4/42
Barlow becomes very ill from the effects of his head wound, and is sent to the Elephant and Castle tavern in Chatham to recover. Later he lodges at his master's cook shop in Whitechapel and is put to work cleaning, fetching water and drawing beer.
[Chart of Stromness Harbour, Orkney]. (Manuscript)
circa 1821
CMP/47/1/21
Chart drawn in ink showing Stromness Harbour, Orkney, Scotland. The town and surrounding contours are also indicated. No date or signature has been added.
[Chart of Kirkwall Bay, Orkney]. (Manuscript)
circa 1821
CMP/47/1/20
Chart drawn in ink showing soundings taken in Kirkwall Bay, Orkney, Scotland. The town of Kirkwall and surrounding contours are also indicated. No date or signature has been added.
Manuscript page (main text) (Manuscript)
before 1282
P/3(136V)
Full page of manuscript text in black ink. Aditional drawing in black ink at bottom of page.
Papers relating to the bombardment of Gallipoli, Yeni Keui and Examile, 2 July 1915. (Manuscript)
1915-06-28 - 1915-07-09
BUC/3/1
Memoranda, reports and signals relating to the bombardment of Gallipoli, Yeni Keui and Examile by the battleship HMS VENERABLE (1899) and the cruiser HMS CHATHAM (1911) in the Gulf of Xeros on 2 July 1915.…
Barlow is kept prisoner on various Dutch ships and begins to write his journal. (Manuscript)
1672-1673
JOD/4/177
Barlow is returned to the EXPERIMENT to help sail the ship, and he begins to write his journal. He and other crewmen are kept prisoners on various Dutch ships and made to work hard on short rations, although a few manage to escape to Bantam. Barlow makes friends by drawing pictures of ships.…
Illustration: "Native of St Mary Madagascar, Page 13 Ch 4 / No. 14". (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/13
Ink and watercolour drawing of a man in a yellow-green hat and a loose striped garment, beside a caged bird. "St Mary Madagascar" in the title probably refers to the Island of Sainte-Marie, also known as Nosy Boraha, off the East Coast of Madagascar.
Flinders, Matthew, Captain, 1774-1814 (Manuscript)
FLI/18/8
Ink drawing showing a coastal view of Sir Charles Saunders Island (Maiao) in the Society Islands. On the reverse are coastal views of Hummock Island, Cape St George and part of Wallis Island.
Illustration: "Delagoa hut, E. Coast of Africa / Chapter 2". (Manuscript)
1822-1823
BTL/2/1/10
Three black ink drawings of a round hut: the top drawing sets the hut in its landscape, with the sea and a European ship in the right hand of the background (much like the watercolour drawing BTL/2/1/3); the middle drawing is a cross section of the hut from the centre of the roof, looking down on a …
Isle of Foula N½W 6 leagues. (Manuscript)
circa 1821
CMP/47/1/8
Watercolour showing a profile of the island of Foula, Shetland, Scotland. No date or signature has been added. The reverse has a faint pencil drawing of a sailing vessel.
Letter to Cope Cornford, author, enclosing a tracing of the plan of Deptford, to show the original site of the Company's yard. (Manuscript)
1884
GSN/23/2
The tracing was done by an architect from an original pen and ink drawing by John Evelyn, 1623.
They arrive at Taiwan, but have difficulty landing goods because of bad weather. Eventually they take a hundred chests of Japan copper and other goods on board. (Manuscript)
1672
JOD/4/171
The EXPERIMENT is damaged in a collision with the RETURN. They arrive at Taiwan, where the King welcomes the factors but it is difficult to land goods because of bad weather.…
Drawing
of rudder.
1815-1855
MSS/67/052
The Battle of Suomenlinna (also known as the Battle of Viapori or the Bombardment of Sveaborg) was was an engagement of the Crimean War fought on 7–8 August 1855 between Russian defenders and a joint British/French fleet. It was a part of .…
First World War Christmas cards. (Manuscript)
1914 - 1920
PRT/3/3
A series of Christmas Cards from the First World War including a Christmas card from The 7th Division in 1916 depicts a pensive soldier with a dream of homecoming, a scene of going into battle and a list of battle honours: Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, Givency, Loos, The Somme; 1916 12th Divisio…
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1807/140
Drawing of Engine.
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1779/183
Drawing " The single handle"
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
ADM/A/1807/141
Continuation of drawing.
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