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A three-quarter length monochrome painted bust figurehead of the Roman general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus from the three-masted merchant ship Coriolanus (1876). (Figurehead)
Figurehead
A half-length bust of Queen Leda of Sparta from HMS Leda (1828). (Figurehead)
Implacable ( formerly Duguay-Trouin) (Stern Fragments)
The bust-length figurehead of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson from HMS Horatio (1807) (Figurehead)
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A half-length figurehead of Ajax the Great from the 74-gun Third Rate two-decker HMS Ajax (1809) (Figurehead)
Lion VII D (engine, aero)
Miss Britain III (Racing speedboat)
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A bust figurehead of the Greek Fury Alecto from the captured French 74-gun Third Rate HMS Implacable (captured 1805) (Figurehead)
A three-quarter-length female figure holds a posy, with a closed fan held across the body in her left hand from an unidentified merchant ship (Figurehead)
A half-length polychrome bust figurehead of a Tribune from the Roman Republic, taken from the Second Class screw frigate HMS Tribune (1853). (Figurehead)
A large bust-length polychrome figurehead of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) from the 74-gun Third Rate two-decker HMS Blenheim (1813). (Figurehead)
A three-quarter length figurehead of Megaera from the troopship HMS Megaera (1849). (Figurehead)
MV 'Sea Empress' hull (Hull [fragment])
A full-length polychrome figurehead of a bulldog from the wooden paddle sloop HMS Bulldog (1845). (Figurehead)
A three-quarter length figurehead of the huntress Atalanta from HMS Atalanta (1847) (Figurehead)
A three-quarter-length polychrome male figurehead representing a Saracen warrior from the iron screw troopship HMS Himalaya (1854). (Figurehead)
A three-quarter length polychrome figurehead depicting a crowned female personification of the City of London from the 90-gun, Second Rate two-decker HMS London (1840). (Figurehead)
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