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Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons
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Inside the megaship: on board one of the world's biggest container ships
What is it like to sail on one of the giants of global trade? Artist and researcher Zoe Childerley journeyed aboard HMM Southampton to find out
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist
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Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
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armament accessory: carriage, field gun
armament accessory: mounting, pedestal recoil
armament t&e, artillery: gun, field
armament t&e, artillery: gun, quick-firer
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun(working)
Backstaff
Backstaff with artificial horizon
Bearing
Block
Block sheave
Box
Box base
Box lid
chisel
clock, longcase
commemorative artifact: box
Component model
documentary artifact: replica, chronometer(H1)
Engine model
Engine model; Component model
Fid
Field gun model
Gun model
Heaving Mallet
Longcase clock
mallet, heaving
Marine timekeeper
Non-achromatic telescope
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
Ordnance model
Ordnance model; Gun model
Ordnance modelGun model
Paddle gear
Paddle gear model
Pocket telescope
Replica marine timekeeper
Replica timekeeper
Sailmakers stabber
Sextant
sheave
shipbuilding t&e: fid(rigger's)
shipbuilding t&e: fid(sailmaker's)
shipbuilding t&e: mallet, heaving(sailmaker's)
shipbuilding t&e: mallet, serving(rigger's)
Ship equipment
Ship equipment; Bearing; Paddle gear
Ship equipment model
spike, marline
Spyglass telescope base of case
Spyglass telescope case lid
stabber, sailmakers
surveying & navigational t&e: backstaff
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
Telescope
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine (H1)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H1)
timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H2)
water transport: recreation vessel: schooner
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: service vessel: tug (HMS)
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel
water transport accessory: block, double
water transport accessory: block, threefold
water transport accessory: engine, compound
water transport accessory: model, engine(working)
water transport accessory: sheave
water transport accessory: sheave, block(fragment) ?
water transport component: model, paddle gear
water transport component: paddle gear: bush and wedge
woodworking t&e: chisel(shipwrights)
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bone
boxwood
brass
brass, bronze, steel, oak, lignum vitae. Electric motor
brass, grenadilla wood,
Brass, lead, steel, bell metal, oak, lignum vitae, paper
bronze
coating: gilt
coating: lacquer
coating: varnish
copper, plastic
glass
ivory
ivory (CITES), lignum vitae
lignum vitae
liquid
mahogany
mahogany handle, lignum vitae
metal
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: lead
metal: silver
metal: silver:
metal: steel
oak
organic: lignum vitae
organic: wood: boxwood
organic: wood: lignum vitae
paint
rope
steel
vellum
wood
wood: boxwood
wood: elm
wood: lignum vitae
wood: lignum vitae, ?
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Display - All Hands Gallery
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
Display - Voyagers
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Creator
Branson, C. A.
Devis, after Arthur William
Elton, John
Garner, Will
Harrison, John
Hinde, John
J. & G. Thomson & Co
Patrick, John
Salzer, Leonard
Sisson, Jonathan
Unknown
Wessex
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Barrow-upon-Humber
Cambridge
England
Glasgow
HMS Vernon, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
London
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Events
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Events
Events
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Hall, 1864-1869
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Vessels
Vessels
Energetic 1902
Hebe 1871
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
Time and Longitude
Voyagers
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Dykes, J C
Gardener, Vivien (Jnr. D
Gardener, Vivien (Snr)
Harrison, John
Hood, Chief E. R. A. Ralph
King George II
Money, B.
Monks, P. A.
Nelson, Horatio
Royal Greenwich Observatory
White, Thomas
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Century
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19th
20th
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1695
1705
1715
1727
1734
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1809
1840
1865
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1945
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1715
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1734
1735
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Box lid
Fid
Fid
Fid
Ordnance model; Gun model
Block
Backstaff
H2 (Marine timekeeper)
Backstaff with artificial horizon
mallet, heaving
Fid
Sailmakers stabber
Box
Block sheave
Backstaff
Box base
Fid
Fid
Fid
chisel
Ordnance model; Gun model
HMS Energetic (1902); Service vessel; Tug, paddle (Ship equipment; Bearing; Paddle gear)
Block sheave
Block
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