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armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket
armament t&e, ammunition: bullet
armament t&e, ammunition: shell
armament t&e, ammunition: shell, shrapnel
armament t&e, artillery: gun, quick-firer
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building component: guttering, lead
building component: pane
building component: window, stained glass
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commemorative artifact: anchor, fouled
Crow's nest weights
Deep sea lead
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documentary artifact: model
documentary artifact: model, diving bell
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
documentary artifact: model, figure
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furniture, ship's: trunk
game: game, signal flag
Gun carriage model
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Half block model
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household accessory: box, tobacco
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Lead ballast
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lighting device: holder, candle(cabin)
mallet
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original art: painting, miniature
original art: picture
original art: statuette
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picture
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printing t&e: weight, printer's(with handle)
printing t&e: weight, printer's ?
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Royal coat of arms
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Sails furled
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Sectional model; Beam
Sectional model; Stern model
Shell
shell, shrapnel, section
shipbuilding t&e: bag, oil(shipwrights)
shipbuilding t&e: mallet(sailmaker's)
Ship equipment model
Ship equipment modelAnchor model
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Ship model
Shrapnel shell section
Signal flag game
Stained glass window
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surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: lead, deep sea(with tube)
timekeeping t&e: bob, pendulum
timekeeping t&e: weight, clock
Tobacco box
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toy: ship, model
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water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: barge (Thames)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, pole (Foochow)
water transport: cargo vessel: merchantman, armed
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel (Dutch)
water transport: fighting vessel: 24 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 36 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 40 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (German)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: flute (Dutch)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, design: block model(half)
water transport: model, design: waterline model(decked: stern)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(cutaway: decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: mirror backed model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set: scenic)
water transport: model, toy: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: passenger vessel: mailship
water transport: recreation vessel: schooner
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: barge, spritsail
water transport: sailing vessel: brigantine
water transport: sailing vessel: cutter
water transport: sailing vessel: junk, pole (Foochow)
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted
water transport: sailing vessel: sloop
water transport: service vessel: cable ship
water transport: service vessel: cutter
water transport: service vessel: launch
water transport: service vessel: storeship
water transport: service vessel: tug
water transport: steam vessel
water transport accessory: anchor
water transport accessory: anchor (strengthened by chains)
water transport accessory: anchor, stockless
water transport accessory: bar, lead(Roman)
water transport accessory: bell, diving
water transport accessory: figurehead(full length)
water transport accessory: figurehead(half length)
water transport accessory: killick (Greek/Roman)
water transport accessory: model, anchor
water transport accessory: model, propeller
water transport accessory: propeller
water transport accessory: rudder
water transport accessory: rudder, temporary
water transport accessory: stock, anchor
water transport accessory: stock, anchor(Roman)
water transport accessory: weights, crow's nest(2 weights)
water transport component: midship: beam (method of connecting with iron knees)
water transport component: midship: knees, iron (method of connecting with beam)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(scupper)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(scuppers)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(stern)
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(midship: side)
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(decked: equipped: stern)
water transport component: scupper
water transport component: scuppers
water transport component: stern
water transport component: stern: circular (disposition of timbers)
water transport equipment: bell, diving
weights & measures t&e: bob, plumb
weights & measures t&e: bob, plumb(two)
Weights, Crow's Nest
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Bassett-Lowke Ltd
Branson, C. A.
Burton, J, & Bro Ltd
Cull, Alma Claude Burlton
Freeston, Ewart Cecil
Hoppner, after John
Hoskins, J.
John Lilley & Son Ltd
Kitchen, R.
Maitland, C.
Precision Engineers Ltd
Prisoners-of-War from SMS Gneisenau
Prisoners from SMS 'Gneisenau'
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
United States Department of Labor
Unknown
Wade, Shamus O. D.
Waller, Alan Jesse Charles
Wilson & Gillie
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Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
Collision between HMS Gladiator and US liner St Paul, 1908
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Kathleen 1901
Lady Strathcona 1904
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Pique (1834)
Queen Mary (1912)
Scharnhorst (1906)
Sharpshooter 1886
Sun XXI 1959
Victoria (1833)
Victory (1765)
Windsor Castle 1959
Woodlark 1871
Zingari fl.1855
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King George IV
Knowles, J. A.
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Royal Collection Trust
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South Kensington Museum
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) (Statuette)
Ornament
A large bust-length polychrome figurehead of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) from the 74-gun Third Rate two-decker HMS Blenheim (1813). (Figurehead)
HMS Daphne (Figurehead)
Unknown vessel; Schooner (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled)
HMS Castor (1832); Warship; Frigate; 36 guns (Waterline model; Stern model; Sectional model)
HMS Woodlark (1871); Warship; Sloop (Half block model)
Passenger vessel; Launch; Steam launch (Waterline model)
HMS Sharpshooter (1888); Warship; Torpedo gunboat (Half block model)
Kathleen (1901); Cargo vessel; Barge; Thames sailing barge (Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set; Scenic model)
Sun XXI (1959); Service vessel; Tug (Full hull model; Rigged model; Scenic model)
SMS Scharnhorst (1915); Warship; Cruiser; Armoured cruiser (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Printing set - typeface letters
Pendulum bob
Plumb bob
Plumb bob
Anchor stock
Lead ballast
Anchor stock
Anchor stock
Lady Strathcona (1904); Cargo vessel (Half hull model; Mirror-backed model)
Deep sea lead
R.B.L. Shrapnel shell, 7in (Shrapnel shell section)
Model figure
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