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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 winners
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Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar': a maligned masterpiece?
J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
Dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean surfaces at the National Maritime Museum
A toy that journeyed to the very bottom of the ocean has been donated to the National Maritime Museum.
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Back splice
Bag
Blackwall hitch
Bowline
Bowline on a bight
Carrick bend
Chain splice
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Cut splice
Diamond knot
documentary artifact: knot collection
Double carrick bend
Double Matthew Walker knot
Double sheet bend
Fisherman's bend
Flemish eye
Four-stranded rope eye splice
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Hammock clew
Inside clinch
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Lower boom with jumping ladder
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Marlin spike hitch
Marlin spike hitch?
Midshipman's hitch
Outside clinch
Oval mat
Paunch mat
Round mat
Round sennit
Running bowline
Sheepshank
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National Maritime Museum
Neal, S. J. H.
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