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armament accessory: carriage, field gun
armament accessory: carriage, gun
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armament t&e, artillery: gun, breech-loading (naval)
armament t&e, artillery: gun, field
armament t&e, artillery: model, field gun(equipped: working)
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun(working)
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Builder's, Block model
commemorative artifact: box
commemorative artifact: box, snuff
commemorative artifact: tray
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Equipment model; Nipper model
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Equipment modelNipper model
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household accessory: box
iceworking t&e: knife, snow
Mariner's compass
Nipper model
Ordnance model
Ordnance model; Field gun model
Ordnance model; Gun model
Ordnance modelGun model
personal gear: box, snuff
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Prisoner of war work, Full hull model
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Snow knife
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's(in binnacle)
Tray
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class protected (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, scout (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun (French)
water transport: model, design: sectional model(decked: equipped: working)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: sailing vessel: brig (French)
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht, royal
water transport accessory: anchor
water transport accessory: anchor, close stowing
water transport accessory: anchor, double
water transport accessory: anchor, frame stock
water transport accessory: anchor, mooring makeshift
water transport accessory: anchor, stock
water transport accessory: model, anchor
water transport accessory: model, nipper
water transport accessory: nipper, chain
water transport component: midship: deck
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Abbott, Lemuel Francis
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Kelvin & James White Ltd
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Wyon, William
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HMS Terrible,
HMS Vernon, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Portsmouth
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Second Boer War: Battle of Ladysmith, 1899
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Joan D'Arc fl.1806
Terrible (1895)
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
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Briscoe, James
Browne, George Lewis
Hawkins, R. F.
Limpus, Arthur Henry
Martin
Nelson, Horatio
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Rodger, William
South Kensington Museum
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Wilfred Bayliss: Amalgamated Chains & Anchors Ltd (Bayliss Collection)
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Tray
Equipment model; Anchor model
Nipper (Equipment model; Nipper model)
Box
Box
Box base
Box base
Box lid
Equipment model; Anchor model
Box
Equipment model; Anchor model
Equipment model; Anchor model
Snuff box
Snuff box base
Porter's anchor (Equipment model; Anchor model)
Trotman's anchor (Equipment model; Anchor model)
Equipment model; Anchor model
Snuff box lid
HMS Terrible breech-loading gun (Sectional model; Gun model)
Equipment model; Anchor model
Equipment model; Anchor model
Nipper (Equipment model; Nipper model)
Nipper (Equipment model; Nipper model)
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