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documentary artifact: ship plan
documentary artifact: ship plan: apparatus
documentary artifact: ship plan: argon binnacle lamp
documentary artifact: ship plan: ballast
documentary artifact: ship plan: ballast(stowage)
documentary artifact: ship plan: beam end, orlop
documentary artifact: ship plan: bed places
documentary artifact: ship plan: bend, midship
documentary artifact: ship plan: boat lowering apparatus
documentary artifact: ship plan: bulkhead
documentary artifact: ship plan: cabins
documentary artifact: ship plan: cable compressor
documentary artifact: ship plan: capstan
documentary artifact: ship plan: carriage, gun(Gover's)
documentary artifact: ship plan: chain cable
documentary artifact: ship plan: chain pump
documentary artifact: ship plan: channels
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, gun
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, weather
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck fastening
documentary artifact: ship plan: engine
documentary artifact: ship plan: fittings
documentary artifact: ship plan: frame
documentary artifact: ship plan: frame at midship
documentary artifact: ship plan: geer block
documentary artifact: ship plan: gun
documentary artifact: ship plan: gun(18pdr)
documentary artifact: ship plan: gun(32pdr)
documentary artifact: ship plan: gun, bow
documentary artifact: ship plan: gun, pivot
documentary artifact: ship plan: gunport
documentary artifact: ship plan: head
documentary artifact: ship plan: head, seamans
documentary artifact: ship plan: hearth
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold(stowage)
documentary artifact: ship plan: keel
documentary artifact: ship plan: keel, curved
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines & profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: mast, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: mast support
documentary artifact: ship plan: nipper
documentary artifact: ship plan: outboard works, expansion of
documentary artifact: ship plan: paddle wheel
documentary artifact: ship plan: platform(fore & after)
documentary artifact: ship plan: platform, carronade
documentary artifact: ship plan: plug, waste water pipe
documentary artifact: ship plan: porthole
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: propeller(raising of)
documentary artifact: ship plan: propeller, screw
documentary artifact: ship plan: pump(Hearle's)
documentary artifact: ship plan: pump(Truscott's)
documentary artifact: ship plan: pump, deck washing
documentary artifact: ship plan: roundhouse
documentary artifact: ship plan: rudder
documentary artifact: ship plan: rudder(temporary)
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: scupper
documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
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documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheep pen
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer & profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: steering apparatus
documentary artifact: ship plan: stern, circular
documentary artifact: ship plan: stools
documentary artifact: ship plan: stopper, slip
documentary artifact: ship plan: tiller
documentary artifact: ship plan: torpedo, Harvey towing
documentary artifact: ship plan: yardarm, main topsail
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section, midship
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Talbot (1824)
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Thunderer (1831)
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, tea
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: cargo vessel: merchant ship
water transport: exploration/research vessel: exploration vessel
water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey ship (HMS)
water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey vessel
water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey vessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 gun boat
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 10 gun boat
water transport: fighting vessel: 20 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 26 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 28 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 36 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 38 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 46 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 50 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 52 gun ship
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water transport: fighting vessel: 84 gun ship
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water transport: fighting vessel: 92 gun ship
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water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship
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water transport: fighting vessel: cutter
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water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, wood (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 16 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun
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water transport: service vessel: barge, mud
water transport: service vessel: coastguard boat
water transport: service vessel: cruiser, revenue
water transport: service vessel: cutter, coastguard
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water transport: service vessel: dredger barge, flat bottom
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water transport: service vessel: launch
water transport: service vessel: lifeboat, cutter (25ft)
water transport: service vessel: lifeboat, cutter (28ft)
water transport: service vessel: pinnace (30ft)
water transport: service vessel: pinnace (32ft)
water transport: service vessel: punt, coppering
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water transport: service vessel: stone carrier
water transport: service vessel: storeship
water transport: service vessel: transport
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water transport: service vessel: water vessel
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel: dredger, flat bottom
water transport: steam vessel: guardship
water transport: steam vessel: steam ship
water transport: steam vessel: tug
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: training vessel: brig, training
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Andrews, H.
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Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
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HM Admiralty
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Achilles (1932)
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Adamant (1780)
Adelaide (1848)
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Ajax (1934)
Alarm (1845)
Alarm (cancelled 1832)
Albion (1842)
Alert (1856)
Alligator (1780)
Alligator (1821)
America (1810)
Andromeda (1828)
Apelles (1808)
Argus (1831)
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Arrogant (1848)
Arrow (1796)
Arrow (1805)
Asia (1824)
Atalanta (1775)
Aurora (1897)
Aurora (1913)
Banterer (1810)
Belfast (1938)
Bermuda (1848)
Birmingham (1936)
Blenheim (1813)
Bonetta (1779)
Bonetta (1836)
Boscawen (1844)
Bramble (1822)
Britannia (1762)
Calcutta (1831)
Caledon (1916)
Caledonia (1808)
Calypso (1845)
Cambria (1845)
Canopus (1897)
Canopus (captured 1798)
Caprice (1903)
Carysfort (1836)
Centurion (1844)
Challenger (1858)
Challenger (1902)
Charmian (1896)
Chichester (1843)
Cicely (1902)
Cleopatra (1835)
Collingwood (1841)
Colossus (1848)
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Conway (1832)
Coquette (cancelled 1851)
Cormorant (1776)
Cornwallis (1813)
Crescent (1810)
Crocodile 1825
Crocus (1808)
Cumberland (1842)
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Cygnet (1776)
Daphne (1838)
Daphne (cancelled 1832)
Daring (1844)
Dart (1796)
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Diamond 1848
Diana (1822)
Dido (1836)
Diligence ca.1818
Dispatch (1851) [Despatch]
Dolphin (1836)
Druid (1825)
Duke of Wellington (1852)
Edinburgh (1938)
Edith ca.1866
Eileen (1897)
Elk (1847)
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Endymion (1797)
Erebus (1826)
Ethalion (1802)
Europa (1783)
Eurotas (1829)
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Experiment (1774)
Fly (1831)
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Frederick William (1860)
Glasgow (1936)
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Hamadryad (1823)
Hannibal (1779)
Harrier 1831
Hebe (1826)
Hogue (1811)
Horatio (1807)
Hornet (1776)
Hotspur (1828)
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Imogene (1831)
Impregnable (1810)
Indus (1839)
Intrepid (1850)
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Irex (1884)
Jason (cancelled 1831)
Juno 1844
Jupiter (1778)
Kangeroo (1852)
Kelpie (1903)
Kent (1798)
Kingfisher 1845
King George V (1939)
Kite (1795)
Lais (1893)
Lancaster (1823)
Lascelles fl.1779
Latona (1821)
Laughing Water (1903)
Leander (1780)
Leander (1848)
Leander (1931)
Leda (1828)
Liberty (1850)
Linth (1909)
Lively (1804)
London (1840)
Madagascar (1822)
Malacca (cancelled 1848)
May Morn (1897)
Melampus (1820)
Merlin (no date)
Mersey (1858)
Minerva (1820)
Mohawk (1888)
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Montagu (1779)
Muros 1809
Nelson (1814)
Nemesis (1826)
Neptune (1933)
Nerbudda (1847)
Nereus (1821)
Newcastle (1936)
Nightingale (1825)
Nile (1839)
Nimrod 1827
North Star 1824
Ocean (1805)
Orion (1932)
Orlando (1858)
Osprey (1844)
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Petronilla (1888)
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Ramillies (1785)
Ranger 1820
Rapid (1840)
Rattlesnake 1822
Redbridge 1796
Revenge (1805)
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Rover (1832)
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Samarang (1822)
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Sans Pareil (1793)
Sapphire (1827)
Seahorse (1830)
Sealark (1843)
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Shark (1779)
Sheffield (1936)
Sinub/Sinop class (1857)
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Southampton (1936)
Southampton 1757
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Squirrel (1853)
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Stranger (1885)
Success 1825
Sultana ca.1848
Swift (1817)
Taku (1939)
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Talbot (1824)
Teheran (1874)
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Thisbe (1824)
Thorn (1779)
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Tigris (cancelled 1832)
Tortoise (1784, purchased 1804)
Trafalgar (1820)
Transit (1809)
Trinity House Steam Yacht (ca.1843)
Tweed (1823)
Tyne (1826)
Unnamed 31ft flat-bottomed boat (fl.1783)
Unnamed 36ft wooden racing yacht (circa 1898)
Unnamed 55ft 1-gun gunboat (circa 1841)
Unnamed paddle yacht for His Imperial Majesty The Sultan (c1857)
Vanguard (1835)
Venus (1820)
Vernon (1832)
Vestal (1777)
Vestal (1833)
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Vulture (1776)
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Warspite (1807)
Wasp (1812)
Waterloo (1818)
Wellesley (1815)
White Heather (1904)
Winchester (1822)
Windsor Castle (1858)
Wolf 1814
Wolverine (1836)
Worcester (1843)
Zephyr (1809)
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Abethell, Richard
Bentham, Brigadier-General Samuel
Blake, Richard
Burrard, Charles
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Fincham, John
Hawkes, Thomas F.
Henslow, John
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Huddart, Joseph
Laire, John
Peake, John
Pembroke Dockyard
Rule, William
Scullard, Joseph
Seppings, Robert
Spiller, W.
Sturdee, Alfred B.
Symonds, William
Walker, William
William Edye
Woolwich Dockyard
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May Morn (1897) (Technical drawing)
Eileen (1897) (Technical drawing)
Achilles (1932); Ajax (1934); Leander (1931); Neptune (1933); Orion (1932) (Technical drawing)
An unnamed 36ft wooden racing yacht (Technical drawing)
White Heather (1904) (Technical drawing)
HMS Caledon (1916) (Technical drawing)
Aurora (1897) (Technical drawing)
Achilles (1932); Ajax (1934); Leander (1931); Neptune (1933); Orion (1932) (Technical drawing)
Achilles (1932); Ajax (1934); Leander (1931); Neptune (1933); Orion (1932) (Technical drawing)
Achilles (1932); Ajax (1934); Leander (1931); Neptune (1933); Orion (1932) (Technical drawing)
Achilles (1932); Ajax (1934); Leander (1931); Neptune (1933); Orion (1932) (Technical drawing)
King George V (1939) (Technical drawing)
King George V (1939) (Technical drawing)
King George V (1939) (Technical drawing)
Star II (1912) (Technical drawing)
Linth (1909) (Technical drawing)
Lais (1893) (Technical drawing)
Mersey (1858) (Technical drawing)
Taku (1939) (Technical drawing)
Birmingham (1936); Glasgow (1936); Newcastle (1936); Sheffield (1936); Southampton (1936) (Technical drawing)
Achilles (1932); Ajax (1934); Leander (1931); Neptune (1933); Orion (1932) (Technical drawing)
Birmingham (1936); Glasgow (1936); Newcastle (1936); Sheffield (1936); Southampton (1936) (Technical drawing)
Belfast (1938); Edinburgh (1938) (Technical drawing)
Birmingham (1936); Glasgow (1936); Newcastle (1936); Sheffield (1936); Southampton (1936) (Technical drawing)
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