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water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey ship (HMS)
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Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd
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Unnamed 24ft wooden centreboard cutter-rigged yacht (1899)
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Unnamed 75 feet tug and cargo steamer for the Royal Naval Ordnance Depot.
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Old Gatehouse, possibly in Greenwich (Drawing)
'Toliapis' (no date) (Technical drawing)
100ft Flat-Bottomed Mud Barges (no date) (Technical drawing)
Later full ceiling design for the Painted Hall (Drawing)
Design for the west wall (first project) (Drawing)
Elevation of the north wall of the Upper Hall (Painted Hall) (Drawing)
Distant views of Marken and Edam (with key to views and coats of arms on reverse) (Drawing)
A Dutch village with a smalschip alongside a seawall (Drawing)
Distant views of Scheteldouckshaven and of other coastlines (Drawing)
The action at Bergen, 2 August 1665 (Drawing)
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